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petholla
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6 years ago
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Search in filename only

Is it possible to search in filenames only? Smart search seems very powerful and smart most of the time but in some cases it's just confusing that it also searches in file contents. E.g. having thous...
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    Lusil
    6 years ago
    Hi petholla, thanks for posting your comments on the Community!
     
    Although there isn’t a direct way that you can separate search results by title and content results, you do have the options to sort the files that show up by Relevance and Last modified. 
     
    Nonetheless, I understand where you’re coming from, so I’d be more than happy to pass your thoughts along to the dev team. 
     
    In the meantime, if you have any other ideas you’d like me to forward, just give me a shout. Cheers!
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Lusil
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6 years ago
Hi petholla, thanks for posting your comments on the Community!
 
Although there isn’t a direct way that you can separate search results by title and content results, you do have the options to sort the files that show up by Relevance and Last modified. 
 
Nonetheless, I understand where you’re coming from, so I’d be more than happy to pass your thoughts along to the dev team. 
 
In the meantime, if you have any other ideas you’d like me to forward, just give me a shout. Cheers!

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