# The Search in Thread feature is gone

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-search-in-thread-feature-is-gone/1017071>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [April 15, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-search-in-thread-feature-is-gone/1017071 "2025-04-15T15:08:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-search-in-thread-feature-is-gone/1017071/17 "2025-04-15T16:26:06Z")

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They had an update yesterday, as of this posting, it was 21 hours ago.

A few things have changed and it looks like a new but not yet working feature was added.

> [@Test thread — to test things out. Do not lock!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/746):
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> Seems to be a new feature to add footnotes. How does it work? [[1]](#footnote-25193544-1)[[2]](#footnote-25193544-2) Not well. To add footnotes, click the gear and then \* Add Footnotes.[[3]](#footnote-25193544-3) Some more lines to test. second test line. The preview almost works though. Second Footnote This is a footnote Looks like this new feature is not working yet

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