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Local Search
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Local search allows you to search within the currently displayed note.
+ To initiate a local search, press CTRL-F. If using a web browser, this
+ will be handled by the browser's native search functionality. In the desktop
+ (electron) version, a separate dialog will apear.
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Note Search
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Note search enables you to find notes by searching for text in the title,
+ content, or attributes of
+ the notes. You also have the option to save your searches, which will create
+ a special search note which is visible on your navigation tree and contains
+ the search results as sub-items.
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To search for notes, click on the magnifying glass icon on the toolbar
+ or press the CTRL-S keyboard shortcut.
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Simple Note Search Examples
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+ rings tolkien: Full-text search to find notes containing
+ both "rings" and "tolkien"."The Lord of the Rings" Tolkien: Full-text search where "The
+ Lord of the Rings" must match exactly.note.content *=* rings OR note.content *=* tolkien: Find
+ notes containing "rings" or "tolkien" in their content.towers #book: Combine full-text and attribute search to find
+ notes containing "towers" and having the "book" label.towers #book or #author: Search for notes containing "towers"
+ and having either the "book" or "author" label.towers #!book: Search for notes containing "towers" and not
+ having the "book" label.#book #publicationYear = 1954: Find notes with the "book"
+ label and "publicationYear" set to 1954.#genre *=* fan: Find notes with the "genre" label containing
+ the substring "fan". Additional operators include *=* for "contains", =* for
+ "starts with", *= for "ends with", and != for "is
+ not equal to".#book #publicationYear >= 1950 #publicationYear < 1960:
+ Use numeric operators to find all books published in the 1950s.#dateNote >= TODAY-30: A "smart search" to find notes
+ with the "dateNote" label within the last 30 days. Supported smart values
+ include NOW +- seconds, TODAY +- days, MONTH +- months, YEAR +- years.~author.title *=* Tolkien: Find notes related to an author
+ whose title contains "Tolkien".#publicationYear %= '19[0-9]{2}': Use the '%=' operator to
+ match a regular expression (regex). This feature has been available since
+ Trilium 0.52.
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Advanced Use Cases
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+ ~author.relations.son.title = 'Christopher Tolkien': Search
+ for notes with an "author" relation to a note that has a "son" relation
+ to "Christopher Tolkien". This can be modeled with the following note structure:
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+ - Books
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+ - Lord of the Rings
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+ - label: “book”
+ - relation: “author” points to “J. R. R. Tolkien” note
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+ - People
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+ - J. R. R. Tolkien
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+ - relation: “son” points to "Christopher Tolkien" note
+ - Christopher Tolkien
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+ ~author.title *= Tolkien OR (#publicationDate >= 1954 AND #publicationDate <= 1960):
+ Use boolean expressions and parentheses to group expressions. Note that
+ expressions starting with a parenthesis need an "expression separator sign"
+ (# or ~) prepended.note.parents.title = 'Books': Find notes with a parent named
+ "Books".note.parents.parents.title = 'Books': Find notes with a grandparent
+ named "Books".note.ancestors.title = 'Books': Find notes with an ancestor
+ named "Books".note.children.title = 'sub-note': Find notes with a child
+ named "sub-note".
+
Search with Note Properties
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Notes have properties that can be used in searches, such as noteId, dateModified, dateCreated, isProtected, type, title, text, content, rawContent, ownedLabelCount, labelCount, ownedRelationCount, relationCount, ownedRelationCountIncludingLinks, relationCountIncludingLinks, ownedAttributeCount, attributeCount, targetRelationCount, targetRelationCountIncludingLinks, parentCount, childrenCount, isArchived, contentSize, noteSize,
+ and revisionCount.
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These properties can be accessed via the note. prefix, e.g., note.type = code AND note.mime = 'application/json'.
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Order by and Limit
#author=Tolkien orderBy #publicationDate desc, note.title limit 10
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This example will:
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+ - Find notes with the author label "Tolkien".
+ - Order the results by
publicationDate in descending order.
+ - Use
note.title as a secondary ordering if publication dates
+ are equal.
+ - Limit the results to the first 10 notes.
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+
Negation
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Some queries can only be expressed with negation:
#book AND not(note.ancestor.title = 'Tolkien')
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This query finds all book notes not in the "Tolkien" subtree.
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Under the Hood
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Label and Relation Shortcuts
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The "full" syntax for searching by labels is:
note.labels.publicationYear = 1954
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For relations:
note.relations.author.title *=* Tolkien
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However, common label and relation searches have shortcut syntax:
#publicationYear = 1954
+#author.title *=* Tolkien
+
Separating Full-Text and Attribute Parts
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Search syntax allows combining full-text search with attribute-based search
+ seamlessly. For example, tolkien #book contains:
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+ - Full-text tokens -
tolkien
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+ - Attribute expressions -
#book
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+
Trilium detects the separation between full text search and attribute/property
+ search by looking for certain special characters or words that denote attributes
+ and properties (e.g., #, ~, note.). If you need to include these in full-text
+ search, escape them with a backslash so they are processed as regular text:
"note.txt"
+\#hash
+#myLabel = 'Say "Hello World"'
+
Escaping Special Characters
+
Special characters can be enclosed in quotes or escaped with a backslash
+ to be used in full-text search:
"note.txt"
+\#hash
+#myLabel = 'Say "Hello World"'
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Three types of quotes are supported: single, double, and backtick.
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Type Coercion
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Label values are technically strings but can be coerced for numeric comparisons:
note.dateCreated =* '2019-05'
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This finds notes created in May 2019. Numeric operators like #publicationYear >= 1960 convert
+ string values to numbers for comparison.
+
Auto-Trigger Search from URL
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You can open Trilium and automatically trigger a search by including the
+ search url encoded string
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http://localhost:8080/#?searchString=abc
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