I would like a checkbox/dropdown[/button?] in the "Advanced Search" to enable searching for typed keyword(s) inside (language specific?) title description. This means it is optional, and will not work with quick/main search (CTRL+K).
Right now the quick/main search only searches within titles for typed keywords. This is not always enough. Sometimes what is known/remembered for a even manga/manhwa/manhua is only part of the description like the main character name or backstory.
I am aware of the possible performance issue, so apply whatever restrictions are needed to have this feature, like:
I found these forum v3 threads asking for the same/similar:
Right now the quick/main search only searches within titles for typed keywords. This is not always enough. Sometimes what is known/remembered for a even manga/manhwa/manhua is only part of the description like the main character name or backstory.
I am aware of the possible performance issue, so apply whatever restrictions are needed to have this feature, like:
- When optional checkbox is checked, only, search within description. If a dropdown, then it could have options like:
- only titles (default)
- only description
- both titles & description
- Limit usage per time period per IP/user. Heck, even 1 per day is fine.
- Must be logged in. Could be used to track excessive search and even trigger a "banned" effect for N time - if so, the user will notified of it.
- Account must be older than N time.
- Will not be fast, like quick/main search. Add such note to/near the optional checkbox - I am thinking in the style of a tooltip.
- Will not work for titles added[/updated?] within N time
- Multiple keywords are treated as single sentence. Meaning multiple keywords will not, unlike current quick/main search.
Example: "wordA wordB" will only match as such, and not "wordB wordA" or "wordA wordN wordB"
I found these forum v3 threads asking for the same/similar:
- (sticky) https://forums.mangadex.org/threads/read-first-planned-and-rejected-features.270516/
"Post-rework: Search by tags/author/description in quick search" - https://forums.mangadex.org/threads/keyword-search-for-descriptions.23454/
- https://forums.mangadex.org/threads...s-title-search-without-genre-keywords.104229/ (low match)
- https://forums.mangadex.org/threads...arches-and-searching-with-description.107028/
- https://forums.mangadex.org/threads/improved-search-function.193020/
- https://forums.mangadex.org/threads/mangadex-v5-dev-suggestions-the-real-thread.375669/post-6324096
- https://forums.mangadex.org/threads/mangadex-v5-dev-suggestions-the-real-thread.375669/post-6328071
- https://forums.mangadex.org/threads/mangadex-v5-dev-suggestions-the-real-thread.375669/post-6330552
- https://forums.mangadex.org/threads/description-search-planned.500097/ (has ideas)
- https://forums.mangadex.org/threads/add-search-in-the-description-in-the-search-page-planned.529086/
- https://forums.mangadex.org/threads/search-by-manga-description-search-operators-planned.606864/
- https://forums.mangadex.org/threads/search-by-manga-description.641838/
- https://forums.mangadex.org/threads/add-a-search-bar-for-descriptions.868842/
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