Advanced search improvements

spectral11

[Split from [Feature request] Improved attachment content search]

- it would be helpful to have a separate button for advanced search (which existed in an older version of Zotero if I remember correctly)
- An inconvenience in the advanced search window: if I first write the search string and then change the category (e.g. from 'Title' to 'Author') the search window is cleared, and I have to enter the string again.
- Other inconveniences: the category 'Author' is too many clicks away, and 'Any Field' doesn't work.

dstillman

it would be helpful to have a separate button for advanced search

With the collection search field, there are now two magnifying glasses in the toolbar, and having another search button next to the search bar was just too much. For advanced search, you can use Edit → Advanced Search, select "Advanced Search" from the drop-down menu in the main search bar, or press Cmd/Ctrl-Shift-F.

if I first write the search string and then change the category (e.g. from 'Title' to 'Author') the search window is cleared

We'll fix.

the category 'Author' is too many clicks away

Unless you really need to exclude editors and contributors, you can just use Creator, which is in the top-level menu (or press C three times).

'Any Field' doesn't work

There's a bug with "Any Field" in 7.0.10. This is fixed already in the latest Zotero beta, and the fix will be included in 7.0.11 soon.

dstillman

"Any Field" is fixed now in Zotero 7.0.11.

spectral11

Thanks!