I share in this post an annoyance in Confluence Search and how to workaround it using the NWS PowerTool QuickSearch feature implemented in AutoHotkey.
- Problem description
- Solution
- See also
- [CONFSERVER-10412] Support substring (partial) searches for terms used in Confluence: page title, attachment names, etc. - Create and track feature requests for Atlassian products.
- Confluence Search Syntax | Confluence Data Center and Server 7.18 | Atlassian Documentation
- Confluence Quick Search | Thierry Dalon's Blog
Problem description
You have certainly encountered this annoyance in Confluence Search:
while searching for a word, Confluence only returns exact matches.
For example, searching for "Verteiler" won't return the page containing "Verteilerliste".
Solution
Manually
Remember to append a wildcard at the end of the word for a partial match and if you want to use a leading wildcard, revert to a RegExp syntax surrounding the search expression with / /.
In RegExp a wildcard matches '.*'.
AutoHotkey PowerTool Confluence QuickSearch AHK
I have implemented an additional feature in my NWS PowerTool Confluence Quick Search feature.
It will look for a leading wildcard and convert the string to a regexp (i.e. putting '/' around it and replacing wildcards with .*)
