Searching: Search Syntax

wanageeska

Hi,

Are there any plans for adopting a search syntax to enable complex searches from Quick Search without having to open any new GUI dialogs?

For example, say a user wants to find all papers authored by "Hayes" that contain the word "lipid" in the title and are contained only in a collection called "Chemistry":

1. Ctrl+F (Quick Search)
2. Enter search query: "authorName:Hayes inTitle:lipid inCollection:chemistry"

I came across a brief mention of a Search Syntax in the API documentation (link below), but the syntax doesn't seem to translate to the quick search function. (Reference: https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/web_api/v3/basics#search_syntax)

I think this would be much more efficient (at least for me) than having to manually enter each search criteria into a separate form.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!