Those 2 requested features are really important to better structure notes, make tags more powerful and more likely to use. It also makes searching for notes alot more powerful.
In order to make this first request work, the hierarchy of notes should change(I bet there is a more elegant solution): 1. Heading or Blank, 2. Tags, 3. Rest - alternative would be make Tags always on Top and having the ability to toggle the visibility OR keep the new hierachy and make the tags toggle aswell. My first request is: Having the used Tags on a set space on top of every note. It will make moving from one to another tag or make connections with other tags faster and also more hassle free. A plus-symbol in that area that opens up to writing own tag & give options of most used ones. All under the concept, that when exporting the note it goes down into a flat markdown file
Make the searching actually a āsearcherā. Right now it is only searching for the heading of the notes. This is really really annoying. I need place special words into the heading to make it searchable when I forgot about it. It should also search content-based of the inside of notes(of course not the locked ones). And maybe give a button to search in combination with then specified tags.
Iām eager to hear if those are actually fine ideas and have the chance to being implemented into Bear
Another idea is to search for emoticons instead of tags, titles, key words, or other searchable items. In this example, anytime I have a note related to travel plans, I have the tag #travel, but then I also have the emoticon that I can search with.
Okay, first, I have to say that I find a little strange that you need ābasic must haveā features after more than 2 years of use. But:
1 - Strongly disagree. I like Bearās free form, on the contrary, instead of shoving me into a predetermined format. I guess what you want is YAML, which is actually implemented in the app. I donāt know if itās foldable and if tags are recognised there, but if not, I suppose implementing that would take care of your need without breaking the use for others who hate YAML like myself.
2 - I struggled to understand ā you mean Quick Open, right? If so I agree that full search would be most welcome, and some of us also request improvements such as consistency between search algorithms in favour of the most powerful ones ( https://community.bear.app/t/search-and-wiki-linking-algorithms-are-inconsistent/ )
I couldnāt agree more with KillerWhale. What I appreciate so much about Bear is the ability to write tags anywhere and have them displayed. This offers many possibilities. Everyone can create their own conventions. For example, I like to use the option of tagging below a heading. For me, this means tagging the section below the heading. Sometimes I use tags like bookmarks to quickly jump to specific paragraphs. The possibilities are therefore endless.
I write tags that are intended to indicate that they refer to the entire note directly below the title. I assume that is primarily what you are interested in? In that case, there is no reason not to proceed with the simplest and most obvious solution.
In this context, I would like to remind of an annoyment in regard to tagging by drag&drop:
Thanks for the input
Okay firstly, my recommendation was having a fixed structure on top, but as I said I guess there are better solutions to implent being able to create Tags and a section for that faster with a plus-button without having a fixed place.
@KillerWhale Secondly, yes I was i was talking about the cmd+o command. Having more feature and āfullā search inside of notes and not just the headings of notes!
And about only giving this request now after two years is that I quietly dealt with it as it didnāt seem to make me slower dramatically. But as Iām now searching for alternatives giving me a better and more in depth sorting I wanted to give at least 2 points out the way that bothers me about this app to give the app the opportunity to be better in the future. I will look into it and will decide when the new yearly-payement is coming near if I will continue using this App or change for good.
Nope, not a section either. The free form integration of tags throughout the text works very well for many of us.
What you want is simply YAML. Good news, Bear recognises YAML. Bad news, it does not seem to recognise tags there and the section is not foldable, but I think that could be a feature request, and people have discussed YAML uses here: YAML front matter uses in bear
You cannot say ānopeā. I mean you can but doesnāt make your point really believable. You can talk about yourself. And who is āusā. I guess there is a āusā behind my opion aswellā¦
I guess thatās what I want. But Bear has more issues when it comes to real sorting etc.
I switched for now, imported all my notes there and it is looking pretty good
Iām saying Ā« nope Ā» because what youāre asking runs counter to the way the app is working and another person has echoed this sentiment in this thread, since Ā« us Ā».
I have actually indicated how what youāre asking should work with what we have, and the feature requests that are needed: tags in YAML, foldable YAML section. But hey, youāve moved on a mere two days after posting those requests, okay; good luck then.
that I can search with.