Temporary/quick search within search results

[Chuck Schneider]

Sometimes, when I'm looking through some of my lengthier search results, I really yearn for the ability to quickly search for a word within these results while not changing to a new set of results or creating new windows.

 

I've acquired this habit with web pages where I type a word into the "find" field and press "next" or "previous" to step back and forth between occurrences throughout the entire web page.

 

Is this possible in Accordance?

[Mark Allison]

One of the primary interface design concepts in Accordance is that the display area below the search box is an exact representation of your search criteria. Performing additional searches in the same windows without changing the search commands in the search entry box would violate this design principle.

 

Highlighting the results of your initial search and using the contextual menu to select "Add Selection To" - "New Reference List Window" is the recommended way to perform a secondary search. (Which is probably what you've been doing already :-)

 

Mark

[Helen Brown]

You can also use the CONTENTS command in another window to search the results displayed in the first window.

 

What you are asking for is not currently possible, but it is on the "to do" list for a future rev.

[mikes]

There are three ways that I typically accomplish your desired task in a bible text:

 

1. Convert your results into a

Select text window, Select All, CTRL+CMD+r

This adds all your verses to a verse reference list. The cool thing about this is that the reference list can be saved, added to with subsequent searches, have commentaries added to the view, in fact you can do most of the things to it that you can do with a bible text... including change the translation... reference lists are a gold mine worth playing with.

 

2. Quickly add to your search

-if a verse search, convert the verses to a range command or use the box, add and <AND> to your search box and add your word

- if a word search, just add <AND> and your word or phrase if your search isn't just words... if it is, just add the word to your search

 

If you're talking about going against a tool, you can add multiple search criteria

 

That said, from a visual perspective, I do see how it could be interesting to add a feature similar to the Safari CMD+F search highlighting on a search result, but functionally you can accomplish what you like and more quickly using the existing interface.

 

Have fun!

 

Mike

[Chuck Schneider]

Performing additional searches in the same windows without changing the search commands in the search entry box would violate this design principle.

I feel like I just got caught speeding.

 

What you are asking for is not currently possible, but it is on the "to do" list for a future rev.

This sounds promising. Thanks for the feedback, Helen!

 

1. Convert your results into a

Select text window, Select All, CTRL+CMD+r

This adds all your verses to a verse reference list. The cool thing about this is that the reference list can be saved, added to with subsequent searches, have commentaries added to the view, in fact you can do most of the things to it that you can do with a bible text... including change the translation... reference lists are a gold mine worth playing with.

 

2. Quickly add to your search

-if a verse search, convert the verses to a range command or use the box, add and <AND> to your search box and add your word

- if a word search, just add <AND> and your word or phrase if your search isn't just words... if it is, just add the word to your search

 

If you're talking about going against a tool, you can add multiple search criteria

 

That said, from a visual perspective, I do see how it could be interesting to add a feature similar to the Safari CMD+F search highlighting on a search result, but functionally you can accomplish what you like and more quickly using the existing interface.

1. The reference list feature is pretty cool, but, for such fleeting instances of curiosity, if it takes me the extra effort (i.e., new windows, new saved files, etc.), I often make a split-second assessment that it's not going to be worth the time, so I pass on it.

 

2. Adding to the search kind of destroys the original collection, but I want to read it all because I'm not sure if the additional word is right or helpful. In such cases, I'm only interested in quickly skimming through the context to see if I got what I was after.

 

3. I wasn't sure if your third item might be about the multiple search criteria on a tool, but I can say that I've hungered for such a feature in both texts and tools.

 

I definitely going to make use of the reference list feature, but if Helen's crew is willing to violate design principles and add a "find" feature to boot, I promise not to tell Mark!