How does folder search work?

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Kylotan
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How does folder search work?

Post by Kylotan »

The Search Syntax in the help suggests that folder:<folder name> will show me every folder that matches the name provided - but it shows me nothing, no matter what I seem to type.

But if I remove the folder: prefix, it will then show me folders of the name provided! (Along with all the similarly-named files, making it less useful.)

How can I get a search to work and filter to just matching folders?

This is on Windows 11, NTFS drives. I've seen this behaviour on 2 separate machines.
void
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Re: How does folder search work?

Post by void »

Please make sure regex is not enabled under the Search menu.

Does the issue persist?



Have you created a folder macro?
Please check if
::folder:<folder name>
works.
If it does, please check for any folder macros under Search -> Organize Filters and Bookmarks -> Organize bookmarks.
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