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Explorer plugin- content searching with phrases + windows search with advanced search syntax
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Description
### Discussed in https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher/discussions/2678
Originally posted by **jesuslop** April 30, 2024
Hi, not sure if this is proper to post. I'm trying to do a file content search looking for a phrase ("potential theory") in a bunch of pdfs. In windows explorer search bar it works nicely. I double qoute the phrase "potential theory", kick enter, and there they are. With Flow Launcher, it works OK searching for single words, but for a phrase like that, the search returns too many results as if searching for pdfs including "potential" somewhere and "theory" elsewhere. Search by metadata works also on explorer and not in FL. (for instance a search authors:xxx or keywords:kkk) or boolean operators. It would be nice (or even a must have) to have some way of working with windows advanced query syntax, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/lwef/-search-2x-wds-aqsreference. Thanks!
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Research direction
Start with discussion #2678 and the Windows Advanced Query Syntax reference linked in the issue. Define how the Explorer plugin should handle quoted phrases, metadata fields such as authors and keywords, and boolean operators. Done means these query forms produce the expected Windows search results, with relevant coverage for each supported syntax.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- desktop, search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100