Missing Ctrl+F functionality with in the Dataview.

The user needs to highlight the searched item with in the data view by using ctrl+f functionality. we don't see this functionality in Board14. User experience

is effecting without this functionality. could you please make a note of this idea and try to add in upcoming versions.

Find more posts tagged with

Open For Voting

Usage

Dataview

User Experience

Board 14

Status: Open For Voting

Comments

Hamza Mesbahi

Hi @Vanam Pavan Kalyan,

The Ctrl+F functionality is available within a dataview through the fast-search feature. When you click any cell in your dataview then press Ctrl+F, a search box should pop up on the top left (in the object toolbar). From there, you can type in your desired search value, and the dataview will automatically narrow down to show only matching results.

Can you not see the search box appear when you select your dataview and press Ctrl+F?

Kind regards,

Hamza

Vanam Pavan Kalyan

Hi @Hamza Mesbahi Thank you for responding.

But the user need a feature which works like this. i.e, complete browser search. Then automatically the searched item should be highlighted in the table as shown in below image.

Hamza Mesbahi

Ah, I see, thanks for clarifying. What you’re describing is the browser-level search feature. That scans the page for visible text, which in Board would be content in labels or dynawrite objects.

Because a dataview is a self-contained component that processes its data internally, the browser search can’t “look inside” it to highlight items. It only detects what’s directly rendered on the page. This is due to both technical and security/performance considerations.

That’s why the dataview has its own built-in ctrl+f fast-search, to allow you to filter and highlight results within the dataview itself.

So while the browser ctrl+f can work to search for static text on a Board screen (any text in label or dynawrite objects), to search through a dataview, you would want to use its own ctrl+f search feature (as shown in the screenshots below).

Screenshot 1: dataview results with no search filter applied

Screenshot 2: used the dataview ctr+f fast-search to narrow down results

Kind regards,

Hamza