[Q] Search by alias or similar?

John IV · 02-01-2026, 01:09 PM

Last year or so I created a couple of aliases like 'a:' and 't:' for artist and title so I could shorten the search to a:dickens for example in the search bar. I lost those when I recreated my library.

Now I can't find where I created those or how to I should say? Did that functionality get moved around, or am I missing it? Thanks -

Comfy.n · 02-01-2026, 01:09 PM

prefs -> searching -> grouped searches

Comfy.n · 02-01-2026, 01:25 PM

It's a bit counterintuitive because it isn't actually a group. I could have easily forgotten how to do it, too.

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John IV · 02-01-2026, 01:26 PM

Thank you. And for posterity, don't try to add the colon manually. The group is just 'a' not 'a:', things work better that way on the search bar.

theducks · 02-01-2026, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Comfy.n

It's a bit counterintuitive because it isn't actually a group. I could have easily forgotten how to do it, too.

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You can also define the 'group' (AKA Similar) on the next tab

Comfy.n · 02-01-2026, 02:56 PM

That I had never tried. Works fine but I just noticed my accelerators are displaying twice in the similar dropdown, for some reason.

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I listed them here:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...53&postcount=7

02-01-2026, 01:09 PM	#1
John IV Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2022 Device: Kindle Scribe	[Q] Search by alias or similar? Last year or so I created a couple of aliases like 'a:' and 't:' for artist and title so I could shorten the search to a:dickens for example in the search bar. I lost those when I recreated my library. Now I can't find where I created those or how to I should say? Did that functionality get moved around, or am I missing it? Thanks -

02-01-2026, 01:26 PM	#4
John IV Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2022 Device: Kindle Scribe	Thank you. And for posterity, don't try to add the colon manually. The group is just 'a' not 'a:', things work better that way on the search bar. Last edited by John IV; 02-01-2026 at 01:30 PM.

02-01-2026, 02:56 PM	#6
Comfy.n want to learn what I want Posts: 1,852 Karma: 7945227 Join Date: Sep 2020 Device: none	That I had never tried. Works fine but I just noticed my accelerators are displaying twice in the similar dropdown, for some reason. I listed them here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...53&postcount=7

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02-01-2026, 01:25 PM	#3
Comfy.n want to learn what I want Posts: 1,852 Karma: 7945227 Join Date: Sep 2020 Device: none	It's a bit counterintuitive because it isn't actually a group. I could have easily forgotten how to do it, too.

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