I just want to put a word in the search box....

[lorraineg57]

or a title and have Calibre highlight it in my library. I have the little box with the magnifying glass. I have "title" selected in preferences>search. I type in a word or title and get a "no more matches" when it hasn't found any to start with. This shouldn't be this hard. As it is, I have to reorganize by title and look myself because the search/find doesn't seem to find anything. What am I missing here?

[theducks]

Calibre has 2 forms of library search results.
1) is the Highlight
2)Display only resurts.

This is controlled by the setting in Preferences: Searching: (second item)
the third item puts the toggle onto the toolbar for those that want to switch frequently.

IMHO mode 2 is better if you just use a fragment of the full value (and have quite a few books that might satisfy the term


Note the What to search by default Box
If you do not specify what to search (eg authors:smith), calibre will look in every possible column. This limits where to look

[BetterRed]

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Originally Posted by lorraineg57

or a title and have Calibre highlight it in my library. I have the little box with the magnifying glass. I have "title" selected in preferences>search. I type in a word or title and get a "no more matches" when it hasn't found any to start with. This shouldn't be this hard. As it is, I have to reorganize by title and look myself because the search/find doesn't seem to find anything. What am I missing here?

And, try using the "Advanced search" feature, it's the Gears icon at the right hand end of the search box (or Ctrl+Shift+F).



IMO "Advanced search" is a bit of a misnomer, it doesn't do anything than can't be done using the search term syntax, "Guided search" might have been a better name for the feature.

It also provides a way to familiarise yourself with the search term syntax - when you click OK the generated search term is shown in the search box.

BR

[lorraineg57]

I don't have a search bar, just a "find" box in the left hand column. Is there not supposed to be a search bar at the top of the library? I've gone through the preferences and don't see anything amiss.....

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by lorraineg57

I don't have a search bar, just a "find" box in the left hand column. Is there not supposed to be a search bar at the top of the library? I've gone through the preferences and don't see anything amiss.....

What version of calibre are you using?

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by lorraineg57

I don't have a search bar, just a "find" box in the left hand column. Is there not supposed to be a search bar at the top of the library? I've gone through the preferences and don't see anything amiss.....

I suspect you've inadvertently Hidden it (possibly with Alt+Shift+F), click the Layout button in the status line and then click Search Show



You might want to look at what keyboard shortcuts you have by default, and reset those you're unlikely to use to None. Added: the JobSpy plugin has a Utility tool to list the active shortcuts in a CSV, which is useful in doing this.

BR