Search items in group library not working

Pro MHI Africa
On my computer, I have four collections in "My Library" and four group libraries. When I want to search the items (e.g. title, author or anything else), Zotero only finds items from "My Library". The items, I am looking for, are there in the group libraries, but Zotero simply does not find them.

Is this a bug, a missing feature or do I do something wrong?

Thank you!
  • Pro MHI Africa
    Additional remark: E.g. if I search for a title that exists in one of the group libraries, Zotero even proposes this title in the search field of the search dialog. However, if I choose this proposed title, Zotero does not find anything.
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    If you want to do an advanced search (not a quick search) in a group library, you currently need to right-click the group library and create a saved search.
  • Pro MHI Africa
    Thank you very much for your quick answer!

    So is it a missing feature? Do you plan to include group libraries in the standard search mask in the future?

    Thank you for the solutions you showed me. I haven't tried saved searches and they work very well. The quick search is fine, too. I also learnt that each group library is treated separately unlike collections under My Libary.

    My question above is solved. Thanks.

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