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Title: searching
Post by: stan2323 on April 28, 2008, 04:48:27 pm

Is there a way to search only one thread?   If not then I think it would be a function to think about adding (just my 2 cents).  I have been using the search function without much help.  I get lots of results but none of them help he.  There is one long thread that may contain the answerer but looking through 46 pages is too much.

Title: Re: searching
Post by: Ginsu Victim on April 28, 2008, 04:52:08 pm

Forum/Website Discussion (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?board=7.0)

Narrow your search.
You must be using a really broad term.

Title: Re: searching
Post by: CheffoJeffo on April 28, 2008, 04:54:27 pm

There is a way to view an entire thread at once ... for some reason I can't find it right now ... that would make it easy to search the thread.

Title: Re: searching
Post by: Franco B on April 28, 2008, 05:09:59 pm

Quote from: CheffoJeffo on April 28, 2008, 04:54:27 pm

There is a way to view an entire thread at once ... for some reason I can't find it right now ... that would make it easy to search the thread.

Yeah, on the forum page there is links to the pages of the thread next to the thread title, something like 1,2,3...57,58, All.

If you click the all link it will show the entire thread on one page.

Then just use your browsers search facility (usually CTRL+F) to find what your looking for.

Title: Re: searching
Post by: stan2323 on April 28, 2008, 05:19:38 pm

Quote from: Franco B on April 28, 2008, 05:09:59 pm

Yeah, on the forum page there is links to the pages of the thread next to the thread title, something like 1,2,3...57,58, All.

If you click the all link it will show the entire thread on one page.

Then just use your browsers search facility (usually CTRL+F) to find what your looking for.

I see the 1,2,3...46 but I do not see "All".  Looks like this "WOW New LightGUN Info !!! Woot!!! :) « 1 2 ... 45 46 »"  Guess 46 pages is too long for all at once.

Title: Re: searching
Post by: CheffoJeffo on April 28, 2008, 05:20:52 pm

Oddly enough, I cannot get the "all" option to work with the thread that I think the OP is interested in.

EDIT: Never mind, the OP says the same thing ... time to go page-by-page I think ...  :dunno

Title: Re: searching
Post by: ahofle on April 28, 2008, 05:49:33 pm

Not sure if this will help you, but when you view your search results, don't click on the main link per match (that just takes you to the start of the thread).  Instead click on the individual post within that thread (to go straight to the post containing the matched search string).  I've attached an example.