Search not just Lumo chats titles but also content
The sidebar allows searching in chat titles, but I am unable to easily find on how to search in the chats content (in my questions and Lumo replies). I am aware that i can use browser Ctrl+F to search in current chat, but not in all available chats).
Ideas:
- after you type the search query, maybe hitting enter can execute search in content.
- content search included by default, only the matches in chat titles will be displayed on the top of the search results
clicking on a content search result, should jump to a correct place in the corresponding chat where is a 1st match, maybe allowing some action buttons to jump to next matches.
vj
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Jazzy
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Great idea! I completely agree that searching the full content of chats (not just titles) is essential.
However, I'd like to add a crucial dimension to this: Offline capability.
Many users need to access and search their chat history without an internet connection (e.g., on flights, in areas with poor signal, or for privacy reasons). A local search function would be even more powerful if it worked on chats that are marked as 'available offline' (similar to Proton Drive).
Ideally, this would include:- Highlighting search terms within the text.
- Navigating up/down between results.
- Working entirely locally on the device without needing a server connection.This would turn the search feature into a true productivity tool for offline scenarios.
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vj
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I can see that this has been implemented (at least to the web client), not sure about desktop/mobile apps? If yes, quote me or ask Proton to mark this request as complete.
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Michael
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I agree that the content should be searched as well as the title but I think it's the same issue with search that they have in Proton Mail. Since Lumo is zero-access encryption, then Proton has no access to the content of the chats and thus can't search them on the server to give results back to you.
The workaround they came up with in ProtonMail is to download all the emails into a locally encrypted blob in the browser and then search that. They could implement a similar solution for Lumo.
Problem with that is, as you get more emails (or chats in Lumo's case), the time to download this search index gets longer, to the point where it might take 15-20 minutes (assuming cache was cleared) to download all your chat content so you can search it, especially if Lumo starts supporting PNGs (which I really hope they will).