Forum Search Question - how to narrow a search?

[Darcy]

Hi, Darcy again,

 

I am a little frustrated with the forum and I wonder if anyone could help.  I know there is a massive amount of useful information in all the posts, but I can't figure out how to narrow a search down to a specific topic.  It's a waste to ask the same question over and over, and I don't want to do that. 

 

For example, entering "Girling Clutch cylinder" would be a great search, but trying that returns anything containing "Girling", "Clutch", or "cylinder".  It's too broad.  Some forums allow for Girling+Clutch+Cylinder and they will only return a post with all three words. I searched the Help section, but couldn't find any help on searching. Some forums narrow the search if you put quotes around a phrase.  This one does not seem to do that. I have also seen Girling AND Clutch AND cylinder in some forums to narrow a search.  

 

I have a software background, so I went to the Invision Community site and did a quick search there.  I found that the administrators can set the Default Operator to Either or Both.  This would only return posts that contain both words.  For example, in the Invision docs, it said if you enter Apples Bananas as a search, the Either setting would return posts with Apples OR Bananas, whereas the Both setting would only return posts that contain Apples AND Bananas.    

 

Thoughts? 

[Vovchandr]

As a user of misc forums for decades now I thought this forum actually has a very good search option and I've been able to utilize it well

 

WIthout even opening "more search options" tab this is immediately available after first search

 

 

Narrows it down to just 15 results and still gives other further options

 

[JohnCh]

Thanks @Vovchandr. @Darcy you can also click on +More search options to gain additional filters, or do a targeted site search using your preferred search engine.

 

 

[Darcy]

Unfortunately, I don't think it is working correctly.  

 

 

So, I think the suggestion Girling AND Clutch AND Cylinder is not working as expected.  However, I do see the check box on the second image and after testing, it has the filter I need:.  This reduced the search and returned 14 results.  Thank you!  

 

[Vovchandr]

Dont type the "and" in. Just click the selection option it gives you. It doesn't use "AND" in your search bar as a command. It uses it as a search term.\

 

Creating this ridiculous concoction option