What do you need help with?
I’m unable to effectively search for and find objects (pages) by searching for the title.
Consider the following:
I’ve created a new page and gave it a title.
I then open the search window and search for the title of the new page.
The new page does not show up in the results.
Is this abnormal behavior for Anytype, or is this a known issue?
Am I doing something wrong? Is there some configuration that controls which fields are search through?
OS
Windows 11
Anytype Version
0.55.5
Network Mode
Local-Only
Technical Information
OS version: win32 x64 10.0.26100
App version: 0.55.5
Build number: build on 2026-06-02 16:45:57 +0000 UTC at #5e888f1b9b8590575ea81da218e95c472daf0fdf
Library version: v0.50.8
Anytype Identity: A8Zed6WhEvRPGjCZwhh3nFjFsxxJprr1xZZh4QAuS93H2p56
Analytics ID: 111a4a5c-dbd0-4994-8721-2b6bfa2ed170
All I can say is that the team is well aware about the many flaws and limitations of the whole search function.
(It was and is an often discussed topic).
More then two years ago, there was some hints from the team about “big plans” for the search function.
But nothing has happen since then, for some reasons it seems to be not so easy to solve the issue(s) or to add and improve features.
– I also don’t understand why …
I’m sorry to say that, but we need to wait in patience.
Thanks for your quick response.
That’s disappointing.
Yeah.
But you can try a workaround: use a View’s search function.
- Make sure that the active View MUST have the relevant Object included.
For example by configuring the View so that it shows ALL Objects.
- Now type your search term into the View’s search field.
Why could this make a difference?
– Because, I know that the global search doesn’t really do a real search in real time through all documents.
Instead, it uses a search index. But such an index is not always absolutely synchrone with the real data. for example, very new Objects need a little time to become included into that index.
I don’t know exactly how a Querie’s and/or Collection’s search works, but I assume that it doesn’t use the global index.
This assumption is based on the observation, that new Objects immediately show up in a Collection’s View.
But be aware: There could be a difference between how Collections and Queries work when it comes to the View’s search function.
In doubt, better use a Collection’s View, not a Querie’s View.
Why?
– Because, a Collection doesn’t contain ALL Objects, it contains only a specific set of them. That makes it unlikely (at least for a Collection) that the global index is used.
– A Query may work differently, because what their Views show is dynamically. And a Query looks for Objects in the whole Space, it’s not limited to a specific fraction.