Under some conditions the Exclude search function does not work

[Erica]

I agree.

In my opinion the current behavior is technically correct (children get matched, parent gets displayed because Dynalist is an outliner and hierarchy is important), but practically not helpful.

A related feature request is the flat search view: Flat Dynalist view

The pro is that it’s easier to implement, and not as complicated as the “search in ancestor” concept (I’m concerned it’ll confuse some users), but the con is that there’s the side effect of hiding the parent chain, which might not be desirable.