Can we still use the Advanced Search function?

[Mookeylama]

there used to be a very helpful feature where u could search for a mod by a word, or partial word, inside the main description. how do we do that now?

[Ondrea]

I usually do my searches by description too, rather than title. Unfortunately, unless I am missing something somewhere, it takes several steps to do this now. First type something in the search box, which searches file names. After you get the search results, click the blue X that has the name you just typed so it no longer searches the file names. Then click the green arrow drop down and under search parameters, you'll see a Description Contains box. Then click Apply Filters at the bottom left.

 

Not sure why it was overcomplicated this way, but that's the only way I've found to do it.

[Dark0ne]

Click the "Mods" nav menu in the top navigation, just as you would have done on the old site. Now click "Refine results". More options will now appear, including the ability to search by description.

[Ondrea]

I don't see that option on the main page. But it looks like if I go to Browse All Mods, then I have the search option. At least that's quicker than the long route I was taking. Guess I was used to having access to everything on the main page.

[LadyMilla]

I have added an enhancement request to the bug tracker, because (let's be honest about it) getting to the Advanced Search function (which is now dubbed "Refine results") through the Mods -> Browse all mods path is as counter-intuitive as if it had been designed by Microsoft. :wink:

[TheVampireDante]

 

Ondrea, on 30 Nov 2017 - 12:02 PM, said:

I don't see that option on the main page. But it looks like if I go to Browse All Mods, then I have the search option. At least that's quicker than the long route I was taking. Guess I was used to having access to everything on the main page.

 

Click on the Mods tab in the menu bar directly (literally on the word "mods"), then "refine results" as Dark0ne said. This should be what your page looks like on the relevant site if the functions are working correctly (Fallout 4 used for reference).

 

[flaminshotgun]

Pressing the mods button just closes the menu for me.

[Pickysaurus]

This topic is from 2017 - so it's not relevant to your issue.

 

However, there's a bug we're going to fix, press enter instead of clicking the option at the top and it'll work.