Tips On How To Use the Forum Search To Find Things

[jim_lewis]

I meant to put the following post in this thread, but it got put in the AI Summaries… thread in replying to Abram Bailey on HT search functionality.

@jim_lewis

Actually, Abram, there is something VERY wonky about the Advanced filter and sorting of forum hits.

TLDR: If you only use the simple find, your search results will be governed by a hidden HT sort order not obvious to the user, either the HT default order or the last user-chosen sort order, even from a previous HT visit. If you do use filtering search terms as a keyword, e.g. “order:oldest …,” these will be overriden by your previous remembered HT search order parameter, as soon as you get out of Simple Search by going to the hamburger menu choices or the Advanced Filters. Would be nice to have an obvious user discoverable interface and not hidden functionality that doesn’t help the user.