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Bug 29448 - add "advanced search" link in the search drop down.
add "advanced search" link in the search drop down.
Status: NEW
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
Interface (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Low enhancement (vote)
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Assigned To: Trevor Parscal
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Depends on:
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Reported: 2011-06-17 07:47 UTC by Derk-Jan Hartman
Modified: 2013-03-08 10:44 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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2012-08-02 08:58 UTC, Derk-Jan Hartman 		Details
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Description Derk-Jan Hartman 2011-06-17 07:47:00 UTC 
Many people seem to have trouble find advanced search options since the new redesigned search field  in Vector.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)&oldid=434720129#Category_search_.2F_Related_search

And I have heard complaints about this before. My idea is to add a small "Advanced search" cell just below the "Containing ..." cell that directly takes you to 

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=&fulltext=Search&advanced=1
Comment 1 Derk-Jan Hartman 2012-08-02 08:58:38 UTC 
Created attachment 10922 [details]
mockup

This is a mockup of the idea
Comment 2 Timeshifter 2012-08-02 20:34:20 UTC 
There has been much discussion about putting a search link in the sidebar also. I support that, and this proposal too. Discussions: 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Sidebar/Archive_1#Advanced_search_is_hard_to_find 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Gadget/proposals&pe=1&#Wikimedia_Bugzilla_wiki_has_advanced_search_link_in_sidebar._Why_not_Wikipedia.3F
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