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How to search within one community? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Say I'm on the page of a community and I'd like to search for something within that /c.

Looking at the /c's page (in a PC web browser), I see no way to search that /c.

Instead, I have to:

click on the search icon
find the box titled "Community"
click the down arrow at the end of that box
start typing the name of the /c
pick the right one out of several options
and only then finally do my search

Surely there's an easier way?

If not within the existing interface, then maybe... some browser extension or CSS hack?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

No, you're spot on. It's one of the improvement that could happen on Lemmy.

I had a look at the alternative front-ends

https://tess.lemmy.ca/ has a "search community" bar if you are in a specific community
https://alex.lemmy.ca/ too
https://old.lemmy.ca/ works similar to old.reddit, so it has it too

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for those.

But wondering... who is getting my login details when I log in with those front-ends?

They appear to be the same TLD as my home instance (lemmy.ca) but I'm already logged in on lemmy.ca yet not logged in on those front-ends.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

lemmy.ca hosts those frontends themselves, so it's direct to lemmy.ca

it's also possible to use these frontends externally but you don't need to do that

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Thanks. Currently trying out Tess, and then the others in future.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Boost, Connect, and Sync also do it well

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

OP mentioned a PC, but good to know!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

there's an open feature request for this

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1648

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for the info.

No action in two years... :(

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

they responded in 2024 with pull requests being welcome. Depending on how much money this feature is worth to you, a fiverr purchase or someone else here might do it :D Or fundraise it, theehehe