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submitted 1 year ago by DickinsonSA to c/[email protected]

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I'm using liftoff and for the life of me can't figure out how to search when I'm in a group /community. Can someone help me please - is it possible at all to search?

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[–] Saltarello 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm brand new here so apologies if this is wrong. I'm using Liftoff & was able to search for & find your post like this:

From any post tap ⋮ menu (top right in Liftoff).
Select Open in browser (I have Liftoff set to use its in app browser)
≡ menu (top right in Liftoff)
Tap search
Select Search = Posts, Instances =All, Sort type = New
You can leave community as the default All or
- Tap community & type ask
- Wait for the instances to populate, then select lemmy.ml/asklemmy
- ignore that it then reverts the instance back to All
Creator = All
Search = type search query here. I used the term "search commumity" then tap Search
Your post showed up as the top result

Edit: An easier way to do it

Tap search icon at the bottom of Liftoff
For me the instance shows as lemmy.world & there's no option to change this
Type your search query in the search bar eg "search community"
Your post shows near the top in results

[–] DickinsonSA 1 points 1 year ago

I'm gonna save this - thanks for taking the time. No need to apologise - I'm brand new here too - as I suspect thousands are! But it's good to share and I very much appreciate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You'll want to ask this in Liftoff support.

[–] DickinsonSA 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I will.

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