Simple, top-level, non-filtering hightlight search

[DVchi]

There is just one feature that is making me hesitant to fully switch over to Dynalist. It is a very simple feature that all text-based editors have: The ability to search without filtering. In other words, without zooming in to any bullet points, simply highlight the searched terms in view.

From my own search, this has already been brought up before but with no strong resolution:

How to keep a search result in focus?

I am asking about the classic search functionality of any text editor (e.g. Word, Notepad…) I search for a word in a document to find an item, then I want to view the whole document around the item I found and start working on it. Is there a way to search, select the desired item to focus on, then remove search and see the document focused around the selected item? Or to iterate over the results while viewing the non-filtered document? Conceptually, it feels to me like search is trying to do …

HELP: Non-filtering Simple Search on Desktop App

(This is a help topic 2020-09-29) I am in Desktop app and wish to perform a non-filtering, simple text search on any Dynalist page I am in (both zoomed or not), just like how we search on a web page in web browser using Ctrl F. Web browsers usually label this function as “Find”, “Find on page”, or “Find in this page” etc in their menus. What I already know but not of help for my question above: Dynalist’s standard Search-in-doc Ctrl F (this is a filtering function) Dynalist’s “search in all…

Text search - how to remove search query while staying in place?

Not for me. That sounds weird. When I am in a node and hit the search in doc hotkey, search something, then hit ESC ESC ESC ESC ESC (doesnt matter how many more times) I just end up where I was the moment before I hit the hotkey. No document closing. No changing node. Are you on default hotkeys? Did you assign ESC to a “close doc” hotkey or something?

I like having one big document containing all of my thoughts, so this is a common use case for me at least. Again, all I want to do is search for a term from the top-most level and highlight/focus it, instead of zooming into it. This is an easy task for any other text-based application

[BigChungus]

@DVchi

The ability to search without filtering

That’s called flat search, and here is how to use it https://blog.dynalist.io/2019-may-update/

[DVchi]

This feature filters the search results. Not what I asked for.

[BigChungus]

Are you talking about the browser’s Find function? That will just scroll a page and highlight phrases without changing the page.

[DVchi]

Maybe I should have mentioned: I want this specifically for the desktop app where that menu doesn’t exist

[BigChungus]

Oh I see

Yeah the desktop app is Electron, meaning it’s just the website saved into a crippled and stripped down version of Chrome.

There is looooong list of features that are only available in a full browser. Maybe I should make a list, since a lot of posts here seem to find new ones all the time.

If you want a compromise, the alternative to Electron is PWA, meaning you go to the website in chrome and wrap your own app by clicking Create Shortcut, checkmarking New Window. You’ll get an icon on your desktop, it will open like a standalone app, but there will be a menu in the corner with the Find option, unlike Electron. I forget if PWA apps work offline tho.