Searching for messages
uKnowva Messenger has a powerful search engine under its hood. Search for messages using
the search bar at the top of the screen.
Example
stream:design has:link is:starred new logo
Searches for messages in #design
that have a link, that you starred, and
that have the words new
and logo
.
The permalink for that search (web only) will look something like
https://your-zulip-url/#narrow/stream/123-design/has/link/is/starred/search/new.20logo
.
List of operators
As you start typing, uKnowva Messenger will suggest possible operator completions.
Operators can be used with keywords, or on their own. For example,
stream:design logo
will search for the word logo
within #design
stream:design
will navigate to #design
Here is the full list of search operators.
Words and phrases
Most searches consist of a list of operators followed by a list of keywords.
new logo
: Search for messages with both new
and logo
.
"new logo"
: Search for messages with the phrase "new logo"
.
uKnowva Messenger does some basic stemming, so wave
will match waves
and
waving
. Keywords are case-insensitive, so wave
will also match Wave
.
Emoji are included in searches, so if you search for octopus
it will
include messages with
.
Note that uKnowva Messenger ignores common words like a
, the
, and about 100
others. A quirk in uKnowva Messenger's current implementation means that if all of your
keywords are ignored, we'll return 0 search results.
Other notes
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By default, search only displays messages that you actually
received. However, if your search is restricted to a stream where you have
access to stream history, you can search for
messages from before you subscribed to the stream (or even joined your
uKnowva Messenger organization).
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To see the list of search operators in-app, click the gear () icon in the upper right, and select
Search operators.