When you’re looking for a thread or message, Twist has a robust search to help you find what you need. Here’s how to use it.
- Open the search tab by clicking Search in the left-hand menu.
- Type out what you’re looking for in the search bar and press enter.
- You'll now see a list of results. You can filter your results by click Filter in the right-hand side of the search bar:
- Search in lets you select whether to search in threads, messages or both.
- From limits your search to threads or messages from a specific member.
- To limits your search to messages or threads that notify a specific member.
- With thread title limits your search to threads with titles that include the keywords entered here.
- In channel limits your search to threads in the channel that you select.
- In direct message limits your search to a specific message.
- Before limits your search to threads or messages before this date.
- After limits your search to threads or messages after this date.
Quick tip
There are several queries you can use to narrow your search results when performing a search in Twist:
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Search title:"Coffee" to find threads or messages with the word Coffee in the title.
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Search in:threads or in:messages to specify whether you're looking for a thread or a message.
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Search from:Natalie to find messages or comments posted by Natalie.
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Search from:me to find messages or comments posted by you.
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Search to:Frankie to find comments or messages sent to Frankie.
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Search conversation:Coffee to find all group messages with the word Coffee in the title.
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Search channel:Coffee to find comments posted in the channel called Coffee.
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Search before:"2017/05/20" to find comments or messages posted before this date, or search after:"2017/05/10" to find comments or messages posted after this date.
You can also combine queries when performing a search. As an example, if you want to view all posts Natalie has made in threads, you can search from:Natalie in:threads.