Enhanced graph search

Feature requests
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Use case or problem

Searching the graph view currently acts as a filter, hiding all non-matching nodes. This removes the structural context of the vault, making it impossible to see how a specific file relates to the broader network or to navigate the graph without losing the “big picture”. The only reason I am using the graph in the first place is to see all of the linked notes. The current filtered search makes the graph view almost meaningless because I get the same result with just regular file search.

Proposed solution

Add a “Focus” or “Highlight” mode to the graph search. Instead of hiding non-matches, this mode should:
Pan/Zoom the camera to center the searched node(s).
Highlight the node (and maybe its direct connections) with a distinct color.
Dim rather than hide the rest of the graph to maintain structural context.
If this were to be implemented, the graph view would become a lot more useful.

Current workaround (optional)

Using the Groups settings to manually color-code specific files or just using the regular filter search (which isn’t ideal).

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demo
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I originally built a plugin called “Graph Type to Search” just to skip the Cmd/Ctrl+F step — focus the graph and start typing.

But it also does most of what you’re after here: matches get a highlight ring while the rest of the graph stays visible, just dimmed, so you keep the whole network in context.

It doesn’t recenter the camera on the matches yet, but I’d be happy to add that if there’s interest. Give it a try.