Find Bar

The Find Bar is your go-to tool for searching across all content in Magnolia. Located at the core of the Magnolia UI, it offers powerful full-text search capabilities, enhanced in Magnolia 6.4 with faster performance, better result organization, and seamless integration with the Search API. It’s designed to handle large datasets efficiently, delivering relevant results quickly and intuitively.

Key features

Full-text search across all content: Search across all Magnolia apps, including pages, assets, tags, personas, and more, using a single search bar.
Visual distinction: The Find Bar stands out with a clear overlay, making it easy to differentiate from in-app searches.
Improved result presentation: Results display key details like App, Name, Status, and Last Updated, with:
- A clear path for each item to aid navigation.
Click-to-Act
- Click-to-View: Clicking a search result navigates to it in the Browser subapp of its respective app.
- Click-to-Edit: Clicking the pen icon on the right side in the search result row opens the result for editing its respective app.
Parallel loading of results: Results load in parallel from Magnolia’s JCR and external sources, ensuring fast responses even for complex queries.
Go back where I left: Return to previous search results without starting over.
Searching through tags: On DX Core, the search functionality includes tags, enabling precise results by searching with specific tags attached to content items.

Filtering in the Find Bar

Filters let you refine your search results to focus on specific content types or properties. The total number of results is shown at the bottom of the page, helping you gauge the effectiveness of your search and decide if further filtering is needed.

Available filters

App: Restrict results to specific content apps (for example, Pages, Assets, or Tours).
Author: Filter by the content creator, based on the mgnl:createdBy property.
Status: Narrow results by publication status, such as Modified, Draft, Marked for deletion, or Published.

Filter behavior

Selected filters move to the top of the dropdown list, highlighted for easy reuse (for example, Modified appears in green with a checkmark).
A grey checkmark shows on hover to indicate potential selections.
When no filter is selected, the first option is highlighted by default.
Filters can be customized by your Magnolia administrator to align with your needs.

Sorting and ranking

Advanced sorting options are available directly in the Find Bar UI, letting you reorder results based on additional criteria.
On DX Core, results are ordered by relevance (ranked 0 to 1, where 1 is highest) by default, using the Search API’s score property.
Results prioritize:
1. Last used content: Recently accessed items rank higher.
2. Most used content: Frequently interacted items are prioritized next.
3. User group recommendations: If no personal history exists, results are based on interactions from your user group (for example, editors).

Interested to know how Find Bar works behind the scenes? See the following content:

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