Search tags/path in search pane with autocomplete disappears immediately after typing

[WhiteNoise]

Eventually, we will deal with it.

[Fulike]

Thanks.
Füles

[Novbert]

+1
Tag autocomplete is one of my most used features in Edit mode. Having it available in Search would be great.

[jmilldotdev]

+1, i think this used to work and is very important for finding a tag to search if you have lots of subtags

[AtrusRiven]

+1 Very important feature

[AtrusRiven]

Should be merged resp. considered together with Show auto-completion of tags in graph filtering field.

[Obryvalin_b]

+1 desired function

[Paul_Masek]

More complete Bug Report of the issue.

Steps to reproduce

Go to search for a tag by using Magnifying Glass>“tag:” and start to type the tag you’re looking for.

Expected result

When I’ve just entered “tag:” I get a nice drop down list of tags I have and I would expect that once I start typing the first letters of a tag that the dropdown list would get whittled down to match whatever I’m typing – in the same way that it does when you go to create a tag in a document using the “#” syntax.

Actual result

When I’ve just entered “tag:” I get a nice drop down list of tags I have, but as soon as I start typing that nice drop down list of results goes away and I don’t see any search results at all until I’ve typed a 100% match.

Environment

• Operating system: Windows 10

• Debug info:
  SYSTEM INFO:
  Obsidian version: v0.14.6
  Installer version: v0.14.6
  Operating system: Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19044
  Login status: not logged in
  Insider build toggle: off
  Live preview: on
  Legacy editor: on
  Base theme: dark
  Community theme: none
  Snippets enabled: 0
  Safe mode: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
none

Additional information

I’ve created a subreddit thread here about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/ObsidianMD/comments/uxgbvd/tag_search_as_you_type/

Last item I’ll add is that when this is fixed, it’d be nice to see it recognize the tag whether you start typing with a “#” or not. E.g – start typing with “tag:this_is_a_tes” or “tag:#this_is_a_tes”

[GLight]

I think what you are asking for is similar to the following new feature request:

Tag and link auto-complete in search

It would be very beneficial if the search box supported autocomplete for tags just like the text editor does. As shown in the following screenshot, in the text editor typing “#te” brings up autocomplete of tags starting with “te”, but that doesn’t not happen in the search box. I have tried both “#te” and “tag:#te”. I don’t think “tag:” should be required though since “#” should generally be enough to indicate the user is searching for a tag. [Screen Region 2020-10-10 at 11.57.16]

[Paul_Masek]

This particular report has been in since Feb '21. It’s been acknowledged and seemed to be the closest thing to my observation.

The feature is essentially there already as can be seen when one goes to search and types “tag:”, this shows the autocomplete suggestions. The issue is when you type the first character after “tag:” like an “e” for example all the results go away and don’t come back until you’ve fully typed out the whole tag completely.

[Fulike]

Autocomplete search in general is one of the most beneficial features at all.
It would be very important in tag search box and also in Yaml when fill out tags (wo #).
I always have to use the # sign to check existence or find existing tags, then delete back the #. Frustrating when there is a very, very great program with some little ‘bugs’.
Thanks
Füles

[yychi]

Hello, I wonder if this feature has been implemented? I need this heavily, thanks.

[Sharktooth]

I also have same complain. Without Autocompletion of tags, it is hard to guess the exact tag name. Please resolve this issue

[the_doctor]

+1 to this feature request.

[miketheman]

This is a rather huge thing when you organize everything by tags and one the few things i really miss in Obsidan.

[hoodie]

Use case or problem

Find that the built-in method to “Search” requires you to type “Tag:” Then a drop down box appears with your entire list of tags. This might be fine for a small list but when you are dealing with 100’s then this is impossible to navigate.

If you cannot find it in the list, then you need to remember the full tag “full-tag-name” otherwise the search won’t filter it if it isn’t exactly as written

The search box allowing for Tag searching

Example of the auto complete dropdown box with tags

Example of searching for keyword “linux” tag

Example of needing to remember full tag name for search to work

Proposed solution

Would like to have fuzzy searching similar to how the software functions right now when adding a new tag. When you hit the “#” and start typing, the fuzzy search shows related options immediately. If the search functioned like this then I’d be much better at being able to narrow down your specific topics you want without having to remember what you exactly named the tag.

[CawlinTeffid]

This is a known bug — add a “Like” to that thread to upvote it.

Search tags/path in search pane with autocomplete disappears immediately after typing

My problem is that in the “search option” / “tag: search for tags” appears a pane with existing tags but I am not able to select one with autocomplete, because it disappears when I begin writing. Only the result comes up when the complete word is written in which has a search result. Without autocomplete, it is hard to search effectively. Thanks Füles

[I-d-as]

I very much agree. Thanks!

Also, see this relevant feature request: Persistent tag suggestions

[1cod]

tag are not alpha sorted and not appearing when typing.
e.g: tag:traduction only appearing when the whole word is typed. Imagine a mistake or not remembering exactly the tag you used. there is no way to do it. and I have only 20 tags max. I imagine with more… so autocompletion is needed of course

[Flexit]

What about that?

/#[^\s]*YOURTERM