Search within Shelve #4253

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-05T08:21:46+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 08:21:46 +03:00

Originally created by @robske110 on GitHub (Sep 30, 2023).

Describe the feature you'd like

It would be very nice to search within a shelve, like within a book. Alternatively just offering the option to limit the global search to results from a shelve would work.

Describe the benefits this would bring to existing BookStack users

Easier to scope searches.
We use Shelves as segregations of "departments" / "orgunits" and it is hard to search for something that might also be similarly existent in other shelves. This is just an example though, I think this would be very useful for many other use cases too.

Can the goal of this request already be achieved via other means?

Unfortunately not. Assigning a tag to the shelve and limiting the search to that does not work, for example.

Have you searched for an existing open/closed issue?

I have searched for existing issues and none cover my fundamental request

How long have you been using BookStack?

3 months to 1 year

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No response

Originally created by @robske110 on GitHub (Sep 30, 2023). ### Describe the feature you'd like It would be very nice to search within a shelve, like within a book. Alternatively just offering the option to limit the global search to results from a shelve would work. ### Describe the benefits this would bring to existing BookStack users Easier to scope searches. We use Shelves as segregations of "departments" / "orgunits" and it is hard to search for something that might also be similarly existent in other shelves. This is just an example though, I think this would be very useful for many other use cases too. ### Can the goal of this request already be achieved via other means? Unfortunately not. Assigning a tag to the shelve and limiting the search to that does not work, for example. ### Have you searched for an existing open/closed issue? - [X] I have searched for existing issues and none cover my fundamental request ### How long have you been using BookStack? 3 months to 1 year ### Additional context _No response_

OVERLORD added the 🔨 Feature Request :cat2:🐈 Possible duplicate labels 2026-02-05 08:21:46 +03:00

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OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 08:21:49 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Sep 30, 2023):

Thanks for the request @robske110, but I'd consider the fundamental request here already covered by #3546 so I'm going to therefore close this off as a duplicate.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Sep 30, 2023): Thanks for the request @robske110, but I'd consider the fundamental request here already covered by #3546 so I'm going to therefore close this off as a duplicate.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 08:21:54 +03:00

@robske110 commented on GitHub (Oct 1, 2023):

Thank you and sorry for wasting your time here, I wasn't able to find that issue with my short search.

@robske110 commented on GitHub (Oct 1, 2023): Thank you and sorry for wasting your time here, I wasn't able to find that issue with my short search.

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Reference: starred/BookStack#4253