Function: [x] Automatic search all found documents

Bullfrog,

when I do a global search in DEVONthink, with or without Boolean operators, relevant PDFs are displayed. To see the search results in the inspector, I select the documents one by one. So far, so good.

But: Each click on a PDF triggers a new search in this document, even though it has already been included in the global search. This significantly slows down the workflow for many search results.

It would be more efficient if DEVONthink automatically performed the search in the background for every PDF found. This would make the results available immediately, without the time delay that occurs with every manual click.

I am aware that this can be computationally intensive. Therefore, my suggestion is to implement an option that enables this optimized search function.

I have read the manual or searched with ASK, there is no indication that my workflow is wrong.

You said in another post three years ago that there is no way to speed up this search. My suggestion is aimed precisely at this acceleration. That’s why it’s a feature request.

I work a lot with Devonthink and spend a fair amount of time on this conversation here. I would like to receive responses that indicate that my proposal has been considered and that my request has been understood.