# Search Results Problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [March 2, 2025, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-results-problem/1015003 "2025-03-02T06:20:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-results-problem/1015003/1 "2025-03-02T06:20:20Z")
Let’s say you’re searching for all occurrences of your own username (or that of someone else) in a long thread to which you (or they) posted quite a bit. You click the magnifying glass, input the username you wish to search for, go with the option “in this thread”, and there you go, a list of the posts in that thread made by (or referring to) that person. But you can’t scroll the list. If the number of hits creates a list longer than your screen is tall, you can’t get to the results farther down. The results display doesn’t have its own scroll bar. Nor is there a “page 2” button or anthing of that ilk. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-results-problem/1015003/2 "2025-03-02T06:58:03Z")
Click on “More…” at the bottom. Opens a window that gives you a lot more control over the search. [![](https://i.imgur.com/myArp7Q.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/myArp7Q.png) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-results-problem/1015003/3 "2025-03-02T12:35:29Z")
That’s not in a thread, that’s a category. If you enter a long thread and search for your/someone’s name, it doesn’t find all of them and there is no “More” at the end. (although i am able to scroll, unlike the OP) I have noticed this too. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-results-problem/1015003/4 "2025-03-02T14:18:06Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > But you can’t scroll the list. If You _can_ scroll the list. Or at least I can. The problem is local to you. Two comments: Questions about Discourse functionality go in Site Feedback, not ATMB. ATMB is for questions about moderation, SDMB management issues, etc. For _any_ question about site functionality, _please_ include what device, OS, browser, and most importantly, what Discourse theme you are using in your post. That info is essential to diagnosing and answering any question usefully. FTR I’m on a Win10 Surface tablet PC using Edge browser and the SD Light theme. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-results-problem/1015003/5 "2025-03-02T14:38:06Z")
Discourse’s in-topic search is pretty awful =/ Advanced search can be a little better, e.g. [https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=@AHunter3 order:latest topic:799626](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40AHunter3%20topic%3A799626%20order%3Alatest) (just picked that one random topic because you had a lot of responses there) will show you your replies in that topic, most recent first, on a regular webpage instead of the small popup window. But it takes a few clicks to get to this advanced search: 1. First go to the topic you want to search and click the magnifying glass like usual 2. Type `@` followed by the username you want to look up 3. Wait a few seconds for the `🔍 [their username] in this topic` to show up at the bottom 4. Click on it with your mouse (do NOT just push enter, because that searches all topics and not just the current one) 5. But wait, you’re not done yet! Once the results show up, click the advanced search icon at the far right of the search box… it looks like a bunch of horizontal sliders, like on a soundboard. 6. Only then will the advanced search page load, prefilled to that topic and your username. Here you can change the sort order if you’d like (probably to “Latest Post”, which will let you see the most recent ones at the top. Here’s a video showing the process (sorry, this video will self-destruct after 24 hours… annoying unrelated bug): [https://media.cleanshot.cloud/media/76644/EmJyzgsNBZapbJfRcn2WW6gKMmrKI0VnceH8QhE8.mp4?response-content-disposition=attachment%3Bfilename%3DSome%2520People%2520See%2520Me%2520as%2520THE%2520STRAIGHT%2520DOPE%2520-%2520In%2520My%2520Humble%2520Opinion%2520-%2520Straight%2520Dope%2520Message%2520Board%2520-%2520%2520March%252002%2520%2540%252006-27-55%2520AM.mp4&Expires=1740947744&Signature=et5pNLuTWeh4-Iz3tSMFtOn7NHF~x3ugdj4C5PKR885OV66Qow6S~xfPaqMiFkfxjyMhWECul-FCYblKhepSlet3DfGtAnpHHHMsRXTGyLZ6-X6r8YOGr8aw1ChpUNWIjzAw2XNoSaSk8yU8NSyrueDXKUQY0tYcACvvfKLIp4Cq~MFulaW69HPSrio3Di067jyY7JvMp9HflY8XpkR6sDyTJ4e7rje8cKprNDDtWYVXr4W3mYPfZ9teFi0b2CYDvkbFVS2c3lOo1-iGg45iOJY5yIQ484S-Tr76QhPI6-QkkNLDlVoJH7pc~fVvsoF0Mb~LhBcrfr~q9YeiQkFOmQ\_\_&Key-Pair-Id=K269JMAT9ZF4GZ](https://media.cleanshot.cloud/media/76644/EmJyzgsNBZapbJfRcn2WW6gKMmrKI0VnceH8QhE8.mp4?response-content-disposition=attachment%3Bfilename%3DSome%2520People%2520See%2520Me%2520as%2520THE%2520STRAIGHT%2520DOPE%2520-%2520In%2520My%2520Humble%2520Opinion%2520-%2520Straight%2520Dope%2520Message%2520Board%2520-%2520%2520March%252002%2520%2540%252006-27-55%2520AM.mp4&Expires=1740947744&Signature=et5pNLuTWeh4-Iz3tSMFtOn7NHF~x3ugdj4C5PKR885OV66Qow6S~xfPaqMiFkfxjyMhWECul-FCYblKhepSlet3DfGtAnpHHHMsRXTGyLZ6-X6r8YOGr8aw1ChpUNWIjzAw2XNoSaSk8yU8NSyrueDXKUQY0tYcACvvfKLIp4Cq~MFulaW69HPSrio3Di067jyY7JvMp9HflY8XpkR6sDyTJ4e7rje8cKprNDDtWYVXr4W3mYPfZ9teFi0b2CYDvkbFVS2c3lOo1-iGg45iOJY5yIQ484S-Tr76QhPI6-QkkNLDlVoJH7pc~fVvsoF0Mb~LhBcrfr~q9YeiQkFOmQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K269JMAT9ZF4GZ) Alternatively, you can just bookmark that URL (`https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=@AHunter3 order:latest topic:XXXXXXX`) or [set it as a custom search engine in your browser](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95426#:~:text=Manage%20search%20engines%20and%20site%20shortcuts) and replace the `XXXXXXXX` with the topic ID you want to search. The topic ID is that set of numbers immediately following the topic name in the URL, like `1015003` for the topic we’re currently in. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-results-problem/1015003/6 "2025-03-02T14:47:11Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Two comments: Questions about Discourse functionality go in Site Feedback, not ATMB. ATMB is for questions about moderation, SDMB management issues, etc. > > For _any_ question about site functionality, _please_ include what device, OS, browser, and most importantly, what Discourse theme you are using in your post. Thanks for that. Mods, by all means move this to Site Feedback if that’s where I should have placed it. Mac laptop, MacOS 10.11.x “El Capitan”, Brave Browser, Sam’s Simple Theme * * * I am aware of Advanced Search but as far as I knew, Advanced Search can’t be pointed to search within a single specified thread. I see from **Reply’s** , ermm, reply, that there does appear to be a way to do it, thanks for that! I’ll go try that. :: returns :: Works!! 👍 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-results-problem/1015003/7 "2025-03-02T14:56:10Z")
Nice that @Reply has given you a good workaround. I suspect your underlying problem is the Sam’s simple theme. It’s made “simple” by hiding a lot of the built-in functionality of every Discourse page. It’s the dumbed-down “training wheels” version of Discourse. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-results-problem/1015003/8 "2025-03-02T15:03:53Z")
I found something else interesting… if you click on a user’s avatar (their user icon, like the yellow arrow thing for mine or the sex symbol for @AHunter3), it will _sometimes_ have a button on the right side that says `"[funnel] X posts in topic"`. Clicking on that takes you to yet _another_ way to browse that user’s posts in this topic — better than either the quick search or advanced search, IMHO. Problem is… that button isn’t always there. I’m not sure why. Maybe the user has to have at least 2 posts in a topic before it shows up? But when it’s there, it’s a much nicer way to see their replies. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-results-problem/1015003/9 "2025-03-02T15:06:23Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I suspect your underlying problem is the Sam’s simple theme. That too! So many of the posts here about a forum issue are because of that stupid theme. Last time someone here had an issue, I found the bug in their source code, reported it to Discourse, and it still took them nearly a month to fix it ☹ ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-results-problem/1015003/10 "2025-03-02T15:09:38Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > Maybe the user has to have at least 2 posts in a topic before it shows up? This is true. IIRC, it also doesn’t work if the user’s profile is hidden. IIRC the mods changed the default for new users to unhidden, but have not done any kind of mass update for the many, many users who have a hidden profile but don’t know or care that they do. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-results-problem/1015003/11 "2025-03-02T18:20:43Z")
Moved to Site Feedback (from ATMB) since this is about the Discourse software itself.