In the past, users could limit their search exclusively to the API reference documents, which was incredibly helpful for development as it’s very common to refer to these while scripting. Now when searching, users can no longer select ‘Engine’ to filter results to just API reference docs; instead, all documents are combined into a single list labeled ‘Results’:
If this change was intentional, I’m curious about the reasoning behind it.
This is just an acknowledgment announcement!
We’ve filed a ticket into our internal database for this issue, and we will update you when we have further information!
Thanks for the report!
Hey @Hycheese ! Thanks for the report. We removed those (hopefully temporarily) because we realized the filters weren’t actually filtering. Were you using them previously, and it seemed like they were working up until now?
I was using them previously, but haven’t checked back in at least a few weeks… maybe they haven’t been working since the changes outlined here: Documentation Site Updates Roundup ?
It would be very unfortunate if this change was not temporary. While content outside of API reference documentation can be helpful, when I use the search function I am almost always only interested in API reference results. The inability to limit the search negatively impacts my experience as a developer.
@Hycheese we will be bringing back a better search experience limited to API references in particular., stay tuned!
