Duplicate Default Search to the forum/node you're in

[NealC]

I'm in a specific node/forum and I want to search this forum. I click Search on the top right and the default is always the entire site. Users may not see this and end up in a broader search when they want to search a specific forum. I suggest that if the user is in a forum and clicks Search that it defaults to searching the specific forum they are in. Searching everywhere should be an option to choose and only be the primary search option when not in a specific forum.

 

[Ozzy47]

This has been suggested before,

Search field: Select the content type you are looking at.

When you are looking at a content type like resources, media, etc, then the search field should preselect to search this content type. When you are looking at a forum or category overview, then the search field should preselect that forum or category. If you are looking at an Item/thread then...

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It was changed from XF1 to XF2,

Why was the search constraints behavior changed?

This might have been asked before, but I couldn't find in my search. In XenForo 1.x, the default search constraint was whatever page you on. If you were in resources, the default search constraint was resources, etc. In XenForo 2.x, the default search constraint is always "Everywhere." Why was...

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