# Things I Hate About the Search Function Here

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-hate-about-the-search-function-here/431519>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 28, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-hate-about-the-search-function-here/431519 "2007-12-28T20:56:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-hate-about-the-search-function-here/431519/21 "2007-12-30T05:43:08Z")

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[QUOTE=monstro]  
I’d like to be able to search for keywords in posts rather than keywords in threads. Like, I’d like to be able to query up all the posts that have “chicken giblets taste like shit” and not have to wade through the threads to find them.  
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???

You can do this right now. At the bottom left of the advanced search window, select “Show Results As: Posts” It will only return the posts that contain the search words. Is that what you wanted?

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**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-hate-about-the-search-function-here/431519/22 "2007-12-30T06:12:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Fear Itself]  
???

You can do this right now. At the bottom left of the advanced search window, select “Show Results As: Posts” It will only return the posts that contain the search words. Is that what you wanted?  
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I guess I never noticed that before. Thanks.

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