Search funtion returns?

Nicolac · 08-08-2018, 05:39 AM

Hi,

I use Calibre Portable to manage my books and every now and then I open it to add new titles to my ereader. I also usually apply updates as they appear when I open it to keep it up to date. I'm currently on release: 3.28 [20 Jul, 2018]

I noticed today that when I was doing a search as normal by putting the name in the search bar, it only highlights the matching records within the full database so I have to scroll through the whole database to find the results. It used to be that when you did a search, it would display only the matching records which was much more useful. Is that the way it is now or am I doing something wrong?

How can I get it back to displaying only the matching records to a search rather than just highlighting them. In a large database, its not practical to have to scroll through the database to find (and easily miss when scrolling!) highlighted matching records?

Thanks, Nicola

kovidgoyal · 08-08-2018, 05:42 AM

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=257585

Nicolac · 08-08-2018, 05:44 AM

Thank you so much!!

That did the trick and I had indeed installed the find duplicates plugin to tidy up the database

08-08-2018, 05:39 AM	#1
Nicolac Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2018 Device: Nook	Search funtion returns? Hi, I use Calibre Portable to manage my books and every now and then I open it to add new titles to my ereader. I also usually apply updates as they appear when I open it to keep it up to date. I'm currently on release: 3.28 [20 Jul, 2018] I noticed today that when I was doing a search as normal by putting the name in the search bar, it only highlights the matching records within the full database so I have to scroll through the whole database to find the results. It used to be that when you did a search, it would display only the matching records which was much more useful. Is that the way it is now or am I doing something wrong? How can I get it back to displaying only the matching records to a search rather than just highlighting them. In a large database, its not practical to have to scroll through the database to find (and easily miss when scrolling!) highlighted matching records? Thanks, Nicola

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08-08-2018, 05:42 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,851 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=257585

08-08-2018, 05:44 AM	#3
Nicolac Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2018 Device: Nook	Thank you so much!! That did the trick and I had indeed installed the find duplicates plugin to tidy up the database

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