Searching using either the Search Box, or the Search Dialog.
Using the SearchBox
Enter text in the SearchBox to display only records matching the search.
| Refresh search - display only the rows that match the search criteria | |
| Clear the search - display all records. | |
| Previous page of results | |
| Next page of results | |
| Decrease the number of rows on the current page | |
| Increase the number of rows on the current page |
Change the size of the Search Box using Right Click ⟶ Make Larger - Right-click inside the Search Box to access this Menu.
Search Operators (use as many as needed)
| harry sitch | Search for persons that match both harry AND Sitch |
| harry OR sitch | Search for persons that match harry OR Sitch |
| harry ~sitch | Search for persons that match harry but NOT Sitch. There is no space after ~ |
Note, you can't combine both AND , OR in the same query.Example Search for "harry sitch" shows persons that match Harry AND Sitch.
Example Search for "Sitch ~Harry" shows all the Sitches but NOT Harry
The NOT is entered using ~
Searching using Dates
| <1700 | Birth date before 1700 |
| >1800 | Birth date after 1800 |
| b <1700 | Birth date before 1700 |
| b >1800 | Birth date after 1800 |
| d <1700 | Death date before 1700 |
| d >1800 | Death date after 1800 |
| m <1700 | Marriage date before 1700 |
| m >1800 | Marriage date after 1800 |
There is no space between m and <Example , to search for all the Sitches with the marriage date between 1800 and 1900
m>1800 m<1900 sitch
Enter as many search terms as needed, although we used 2 in these examples, there is no limit on the number of search terms.
Magic Search Terms
The following special terms are supported
| @media | Search for persons with Media |
| @note | Search for persons with Notes |
| @source | Search for persons with Sources |
| @todo | Search for persons with TODO's |
Right Click inside the search dialog to see the magic search terms listed under the Terms menuExample , to search for all the Sitches with a portrait before 1960
@portait sitch <1960
Example , to search for all the Sitches with no notes and birth date before 1900
~@note sitch <1900
Searching Columns
Search on any of the displayed columns in the table.
Only displayed columns can be searched on.Right Click ⟶ Change Displayed Columns
Show the search dialog, then enter text using Right Click ⟶ Search Displayed Columns
Press to clear the search. Range often works best for searching dates.
Searching a date range between 1700 and 1800