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Originally Posted by Toadling View Post
Hmm, I can understand how non-global searches might be confusing, but losing the ability to search just the current sidebar selection or a focused/hoisted item is _not_ a good trade-off. I don't know what the solution is, but it's not to forced searches across the whole database in all cases. I used these limited searches all the time and it would be a great disappoint to lose the capability, especially considering performance is much better with a smaller data set.
I think the answer is to have both options available, with the ability to select which is active via a dropdown in the search box. Exactly like how Safari shows recent searches in the Google search box.