Tried ctrl + F in the app while viewing deleted files (also tried with Bulk View)
Searched the help pages with the terms “deleted” and “search”, found this but nothing on searching within results
Searched this forum with the same search terms, found many posts, but nothing that looks related
What I’m trying to do
Using the “Sync” plugin, I can see deleted files. Can I search these for a specific filename?
Use case: I can find and restore a specific deleted file via gitlab, but seems like the referenced images were in a simulated folder and not backed up on gitlab (file:///tmp/lu108503zc6lw9.tmp/lu108503zc6lxb_tmp_4aff9fac30219547.png and another one). Now I’m hoping these files might still be accessible via the Sync plugin.
If I enable these features on a new device, it needs to be clear what a user needs to do in order for it to sync, what it seems to have done, is overwritten the config from device_A with the config of New_device_B → which is unwanted
In case something like above happens, and I need to fix the issue be reverting to an old version, I would love a search feature instead of having to scroll through 76 files trying to find the right version I want
For 1. I think this is either a bug or a PEBCAK issue and I am doing something wrong,
For 2. The closest example I can give on how you can potentially solve this is handle version history like a password.
When you click the file you want to rever to an old version, show me all versions of that specific file OR make it searchable which then searches for all versions of “test password” mimicking the above UI.
(note this is a test password and not in use at all, so no security risks here)
I am searching for an accidently deleted file in the sync “deleted files” list. If the file was deleted by me or when I reorganized some folders I can not say. Before I start more investigations: Is there a discussion about those phenomena? I am looking for a search feature to find the deleted file in a list over 8000 files.
Dear Obsidian-Team,
could you please implement a search bar for the deleted files (sync service)?
Scrolling within a list of thousand entries is not effective.
Thank you
At minimum the list should have an option to sort alphabetically. The chronological listing is helpful when the file is very recently deleted, but anything farther back will be nigh impossible to find. Scrolling an alphabetical list of thousands of files wouldn’t be great but at least it would be doable.
