Search filters

Key point: Use filters to refine your search.

The search filter bar is available in the search page, under the header bar. It has a light blue background.

It displays the scope and any search filters applied to the search.

Scope

The search scope lets you define the broad category of items you are searching for, for example, documents, comments, images, etc.

It is always displayed on the left of the search filter bar.

When you select a scope from the drop-down, the search automatically selects the filters and columns which are most useful for that type of item. For example, when you select “PSML document”, the filters for the document type, labels, status and modified are displayed.

Filters

Use search filters to narrow down your search results. Most fields and properties can be filtered down.

The search filter bar displays every selected filter.

If the filter is active, that is, if it has been narrowed using the filter options so that it affects the current search results, the value or search condition is displayed more prominently. It can include an icon to help you identify the affected field more quickly and the filter name is black and bolded. For example, “ default” for a filter for the default document type.

If the filter hasn’t been narrowed, it displays in a lighter color as “Any” followed by the field. For example “Any document type”.

Filter options

Click the icon beside a filter name to open the menu with the filter options.

To apply any change to the search, click Apply.

To dismiss your changes, click anywhere outside the menu.

To remove this filter, click the icon.

Types of filter

PageSeeder provides different types of filters depending on the fields – they are:

Facet filter – applied to most fields which have values such as labels and properties (default).
Numeric range filter – applied to number fields such as word counts and image dimensions.
Date filter – applied to date fields such as the last modified date and the date properties.
Location filter – used to narrow down your search based on a folder.
Image size filter – used to group your images based on their dimensions.
Text filter – applied to text properties and block labels based on the text content.

Applying some search filters can narrow down the search to a specific category of items automatically. For example, if you apply the image size filter, only images are returned in the search results because other types of results don’t have an image size.

Refine your search

Click Refine... to add, remove or update the existing filters.

Depending on the chosen scope, core filters for that query are selected by default. All possible filters for the query are listed on the left-hand side of the dialog. Filters in grey are not available, as they don’t apply to the current scope.

Click a filter name to display corresponding options for that filter on the right side of the dialog.

Clicking the filter name automatically selects the filter, so it appears in the search filter bar. Click a selected checkbox to clear that filter.

Click Apply to use the selected filters to update the search results.

You can directly update or remove a filter that is available in the search filter bar, but using the refine dialog lets you manage all the active filters in one place.

Remove columns from display

When you choose a filter in the Refine search dialog, it adds a column to the Table or Sheet. Clearing the checkbox for a filter in the Refine search dialog won’t remove the column—instead, click the Select columns... button, go to the required tab and then clear the checkbox to remove the column.