Also there keywords is just one of many fields. There won’t be a special 
specific one for Keywords, but you can add one. As one choice.

And note that you can also use Keywords field groups.

Christiaan

> On 12 Sep 2021, at 17:53, Roberto <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I get it. In the context of database search the autocompletion is not a good 
> fit. What I had in mind was a keyword oriented search feature, as per my 
> initial question, where autocompletion would make sense. Groups, even smart 
> ones, are a good way to organize the file, but sometimes I really miss the 
> opportunity to exploit more keywords. Any plan to strenghten the organization 
> of the papers with any autocompletion or suggestions for the classification 
> of paper?
> 
> On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 5:46 PM Christiaan Hofman <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Not for the search query. That would not be useful, as it is not specific, it 
> can be just any field.
> 
> Christiaan
> 
>> On 12 Sep 2021, at 17:28, Roberto <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> I see. Thanks a lot for flagging these options. I had tried only the search 
>> box and not the Find and Replace menu. 
>> 
>> What I was trying to get to is a keyword based search, which Find and 
>> Replace can do nicely. I do not see any suggestions or autocompletion for 
>> the search query. I find this is very useful (e.g. in Zotero tags search). 
>> Is there any way to get autocompletion or completion suggestions for 
>> keywords in bibdesk?
>> 
>> On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 4:51 PM Christiaan Hofman <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On 12 Sep 2021, at 16:36, Roberto <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I think keywords can be made more useful in Bibdesk. So I was asking ... Is 
>>> there any feature to search within keywords and only in keywords?
>> 
>> You can always use Database Find and Replace to find instances in arbitrary 
>> fields. 
>> 
>> You can also use smart groups, which allows you to filter with a very broad 
>> range of conditions.
>> 
>> In the newest release, you can now also add custom fields to filter for the 
>> quick search from the toolbar (hit the “+” button after the search buttons 
>> the search bar).  
>> 
>> Christiaan

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