Search not being available on the mobile apps renders them almost useless for most of my docs.
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Today i had the same disapointing experience missing a search
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Agree… search is great on desktop but part of the use we want is providing quick access info for mobile team members. Don’t see the point of only being able to search doc names…
Are there any specific items you’re regularly searching like Tables or Sections, or is this just all text regardless of where it is?
I’ve used various setups to jumping to specific areas of a doc quickly, but this request seems more like a text search. Is that the case?
we have stuff in tables we need to search to find (rows of people, for instance)
we’ve used a cusrom control to try to get the job done in the meantime, it just is finicky and not as simple as the search bar on the bestow site
I’d like a search that works in the same way as in the browser version!
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I agree that search in mobile is a critical feature. Tables with more than about 25 rows in a mobile view become cumbersome to navigate without search. Tables with over 100 rows are not very useful in mobile without search.
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I’m voting this up, too. I just started with Coda and the whole point of my use is to take my giant task list with me, but filtered – and to move items to my “today” list on the go. I have to be able to search for stuff in order to know if I’ve already got it on the list!
Better search on mobile will be a nice feature. For the time being though, I’ve been able to use controls at the top of a table to help with this and buttons in a table to eight mark as done or to mark a task as a different category.
One other option that helps me a good bit is using a different section and view for the things I need to see quickest. I can then filter this view to only the most urgent items.
If you have a sample document you can post here, we might be able to help with finding a filtering setup to make this easier!
For me, using controls is not practical for documents with multiple users.
Why we don’t have this yet? It is an essencial feature on mobile. Basically ALL mobile apps that work with data structures have this feature.
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@BenLee and @maria you should surface this missing feature, that’s not nice but at this moment really needed: I use Coda as my main personal and professional project and task manager: on desktop and even (if it’s not the same experience) on iPad it’s wonderful: but when I am not on the desktop and need to search a specific task or project between the 283 and more I have it’s really frustrating not have this universal search:
Example of use:
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I may remember not the name of the task but the people I have delighted too: navigating to the people section it’s a pain on mobile, as I have built a very complex and rich (but amazingly pleasing to use) views and pages
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I may want to easily see all task under a specific project
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I may need to easily find reference material as notes with numbers, emails, urls to move forward atomic tasks and next actions that doesn’t requires I am at desk in front of my screen.
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On my recipe and pantry doc maybe i just need to check and update a single ingredients while I am outside making errands while at grocery or the mall.
One of the main features had convinced me to go all in on Coda it was that you can make a doc powerful as an app on your own.
Well the missing universal search we experience when on mobile app it’s what still causing me some itch and make other people I showcase my many Coda wonder how such a feature is still not implemented.
How is this not a thing….
Dealing with thousands of records and when in the field we can’t search our tables for notes or phone numbers etc without creating specific controls in the case of one of our tables would be fifty controls
Please bring universal search same as website to mobile ASAP
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It’s quite shocking, yes. Only place I can find a search is on the main page. But that only gives docs as a result.
Most people up here ask for search in tables, but I recon that lots of people also need to search content within pages. We have a Wiki for our organization, with 100 pages with lots of information. Not being able to find what you need quickly is a killer.
A global search (at least within each document) should be a no brainer. Page title matches should probably be first priority, then content in pages. Similar to the web search.
A separate search option for tables like notion have would be ideal I think.
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+1 to this! Knowledge bases in Coda on mobile are near useless unless search gets implemented!
<3 coda tho.
- 1 to easy-to-access mobile search at table and doc level. Smaller screen size requires search for effective navigation.
PM from Coda here. Thank you so much for all your feedback on our mobile experience. I’m excited to announce we have launched in doc search on our mobile app. We hope this helps you find information in your docs while on the go 
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