Tags in Tags Field in templates not found in searches

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I cannot see any reference to this in existing reports or discussions. If it’s there I apologize.

Here’s the problem. If I put a tag in the Tag field in a template (a template that inserts a standard table with alias, tags, and other stuff as desired) and then look for it in the search bar it will not be found. It appears that tags placed in this field are not searchable.

I’m putting the actual hashtag, #, into the search bar and it’s not working. It works if I just write “tag: searchitem”. It’s not a show-stopper obviously but I’d like to know why it’s the case.

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The hash symbol marks text as a comment in YAML (the languange properties are stored in), so you need to quote the tag ("#example"). If you are using the properties editor I believe it handles that for you, but when you write tags in source mode you have to do it yourself.

If that’s not the problem, check Settings > Files and Links > Excluded Files to see if you excluded your templates folder from search.

I moved the thread to Help since the post ignored the bug report template (and because it’s probably not a bug).