We are not only improving the content of the DevHub, but we’re also looking at different ways to make the site itself better, and easier to use.
To this end, we’ve just released a brand new search! This should be quicker and provide more accurate results than the old one. You can check it out here.
Instead of a search preview and a full search, clicking on it will now bring up a fully-featured popup where you can search without loading a new page.
Additionally, you should notice that the results are more accurate and helpful than before, so you can do less searching, and more game development.
As always, we’d love to hear your feedback on this new feature, so please let us know down below! Ensuring search results are as accurate as possible is a never-ending task, so if you feel like you’re not getting the right results, please make sure to post here or on the DevHub feedback section. We’d specifically be interested in the following -
What you searched
The page you were looking for
Where that page appeared on the results (if at all)
This upgrade to the search bar is such a step up from we had previously.
Autocompletion of properties and functions is a big plus from me, having this ability to autocomplete methods instead of having to click through objects, is such a small QoL change, but it makes it so much easier to use.
And, thanks for finally admitting RSS stuff exists on the forum, even if it doesn’t have documentation, I dont agree with hiding these methods from the objects themselves. Even if the developer cant use them in regular context scripts, it’s nice to know that they exist.
For anyone who set up a “custom search engine” in Chrome or other browsers, you’ll probably need to update your workflow. The old search page was (example for query Tween):
I dislike that the search pops up in the center. It seems rather unorthodox. I do like that it grays out the rest of the screen because the devhub needs a dark theme. However, I think that if you could find a way to have subheaders as in the new search bar combined with the location of the old search bar it’d be almost perfected.
Searching something on the DevHub now makes it pop up first on the search! I also like the popup. No more guessing what you’re clicking on due to the truncation.
I have some quick feedback on a search term that still doesn’t show the correct results.
I searched “pcall,” which should’ve came up with this page: Lua Globals | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub
However, this page didn’t appear on the results at all
Will have something along the lines of player written articles in the future?
We have this on the dev forum in the form of posts in the resources category but I think having dedicated articles on the DevHub would be a better place for this.
This is an improvement, but in the screenshot you provided, a deprecated function that has been superseded by GetPlayers() for a long time appears as the second result. I think there should be an option to hide deprecated results or to show their newer replacements.
I also got some inconsistent results which changed when I changed sort tabs and switched back, but I’m unable to replicate this now.
I love it, thanks to you guys It now much easier for everyone to use the developer hub. I hope you’ll continue doing more updates for us creators as we appreciate anything that is done to improve and help us become better developers.
This is gonna save me lots of hours, when searching for something I need and needing sometimes going to some sketchy websites is always a risk, thanks roblox for making many people’s virtual lives easier
Cool, maybe a feature you could add is gifs showing the function being run. And an example of the documentation of a code block for example
Codeblock(Number,Text,Boolean)
Great update! I’ve noticed a huge improvement in search results.
I use the wiki a lot to search the API pages. Right now, I have to click “API Documentation” to get the most relevant results. Because of that I’d love it if the wiki remembered my focused tab. That would reduce the number of steps in my workflow and reduce how much I have to switch between using my mouse and keyboard when alt-tabbing between browser and an open script.
