I’m using liftoff and for the life of me can’t figure out how to search when I’m in a group /community. Can someone help me please - is it possible at all to search?

  • @SaltarelloEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    I’m brand new here so apologies if this is wrong. I’m using Liftoff & was able to search for & find your post like this:

    • From any post tap ⋮ menu (top right in Liftoff).
    • Select Open in browser (I have Liftoff set to use its in app browser)
    • ≡ menu (top right in Liftoff)
    • Tap search
    • Select Search = Posts, Instances =All, Sort type = New
    • You can leave community as the default All or
      • Tap community & type ask
      • Wait for the instances to populate, then select lemmy.ml/asklemmy
      • ignore that it then reverts the instance back to All
    • Creator = All
    • Search = type search query here. I used the term “search commumity” then tap Search
    • Your post showed up as the top result

    Edit: An easier way to do it

    • Tap search icon at the bottom of Liftoff
    • For me the instance shows as lemmy.world & there’s no option to change this
    • Type your search query in the search bar eg “search community”
    • Your post shows near the top in results
    • @DickinsonSAOPEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      I’m gonna save this - thanks for taking the time. No need to apologise - I’m brand new here too - as I suspect thousands are! But it’s good to share and I very much appreciate.