I would simply like to search through the tons of PDFs, txt files, and HTML files I just loaded into Obsidian from various other apps so I can just work out of Obsidian mainly. I’m not asking to search inside these files, just wanting them to show up when I search for the title.
In options, do you have ‘Files & Links’ > ‘Detect all file extensions’ enabled?
I could be wrong that this is the setting, but I can definitely type a pdf via ctrl+o and find it.
Yes, I do have that enabled. And I don’t have any folders excluded.
Thank you.
What about Settings > Quick Switcher (under core plugins) > Show existing only. Do you have that disabled?
I have Quick Switcher disabled all together since don’t have an external keyboard on my iPad.
I did, however, enable the plugin just to see if it made any difference but it didn’t
Thank you for your help.
I can confirm the problem with PDF and HTML files on my iPad. Text files appeared in my search.
Curiously, searching file:.pdf will list PDFs. But if you combine that with a term found in the name of an existing PDF, you get nothing. You also get nothing if you use a regex in the file operator, like file:/.*term.*/.pdf.
The inconsistency makes me think it might be a bug. Also, PDFs appear in link autocomplete suggestions (which you could use as a workaround for now).
Yes, I see what you mean. I get the same, except that I can’t pull up txt files either. Thank you for confirming.
Oh, I fooled myself about the text files. I forgot: I when I renamed my old text notes to work with Obsidian I added the .md after the .txt instead of replacing it so I could recognize old files that might need attention. So the .txt file I saw is actually a .txt.md file with Obsidian hiding the .md as usual.
I know what you mean. I’ve done the same thing before. Lol.
file: foo .txt
This will search foo in the file name AND .txt in file contents
file:foo file: txt
or
file: (foo .txt)
This will search in the file name.
You can activate the help (button with a question mark above the search input) to get an explanation.
Thank you. Your message prompted me to toggle the “Aa” in the search tab and I am now able to find all my files: txt, pdf, and even webarchive files.
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