Searching for author or title of book

Kraftwerk · 03-11-2012, 11:57 AM

When I first installed Calibre and searched for a book, I typed it in and hit 'enter', and the book appeared.

But since installing the more recent updates the 'search' does not seem be as good.

I typed in 'Mark Twain' (the quickest way to find an author or title) and hit 'enter' but the search results seemed to come up with nothing; but I was sure I had a Mark Twain book, so I scrolled down and there were a few highlighted in green, some which had absolutely nothing to do with Mark Twain, and eventually I found two highlighted which were by Mark Twain.

Am I doing something wrong or is the way Calibre searches different now.

When I first started searching Calibre the results always popped up without any problems, but now results are all over the place.

Thanks

Backi · 03-11-2012, 12:04 PM

Sounds like you have enabled search highlighting:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=168508

Kraftwerk · 03-11-2012, 12:58 PM

Thank you.
What is the reason for the other type of search?

theducks · 03-11-2012, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk

Thank you.
What is the reason for the other type of search?

It is the same search, different way of displaying.

(I don't use that mode)
You might want to see where in a bigger,ordered list, those items fall.

Example: sort by Size
Now do your (highlight) search

You can see where the results fall among other books of similar sizes

transmitthis · 03-13-2012, 08:11 AM

Just click on the advanced search icon - right next to the search bar, and type in there instead.

Would be better if calibre could incorporate that search better into the main search space - ie There could be a simple check box on the column heading, and clicking it would mean the next search would be restricted to that.

03-11-2012, 11:57 AM	#1
Kraftwerk Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: UK Device: Paperwhite 2	Searching for author or title of book When I first installed Calibre and searched for a book, I typed it in and hit 'enter', and the book appeared. But since installing the more recent updates the 'search' does not seem be as good. I typed in 'Mark Twain' (the quickest way to find an author or title) and hit 'enter' but the search results seemed to come up with nothing; but I was sure I had a Mark Twain book, so I scrolled down and there were a few highlighted in green, some which had absolutely nothing to do with Mark Twain, and eventually I found two highlighted which were by Mark Twain. Am I doing something wrong or is the way Calibre searches different now. When I first started searching Calibre the results always popped up without any problems, but now results are all over the place. Thanks

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03-11-2012, 12:04 PM	#2
Backi Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 15776 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: PB912 Matt White	Sounds like you have enabled search highlighting: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=168508

03-11-2012, 12:58 PM	#3
Kraftwerk Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: UK Device: Paperwhite 2	Thank you. What is the reason for the other type of search?

03-13-2012, 08:11 AM	#5
transmitthis Addict Posts: 288 Karma: 1003542 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Google Nexus 7 16GB	Just click on the advanced search icon - right next to the search bar, and type in there instead. Would be better if calibre could incorporate that search better into the main search space - ie There could be a simple check box on the column heading, and clicking it would mean the next search would be restricted to that.

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