Searching removes tabs

DEVONthink
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Hi,

I noticed the following behavior:

If there are multiple tabs open and I do a search, all of the tabs are “lost” even after removing the search term.

Is this intentional?

I feel like it should be possible to do a search without needing to re-open all tabs afterwards, which could take some time if the documents shown in the tabs are saved in different locations.

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I am not seeing this behavior here.

What version of DEVONthink and operating system are you running?

@cgrunenberg:
What I am seeing is the active tab is left empty if you don’t select a search result.

  1. Open some documents in tabs.
  2. Do a search but do not select a result.
  3. Clear the search. The active tab is now empty, i.e., No Selection, instead of retaining or restoring the file.
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The operating system is Big Sur 11.2.3 and I’m using DevonThink 3.6.3

4

I am not seeing this behavior here, only the behavior I reported.

Can you post screen captures or a screencast of the behavior? Thanks.

5

I created a quick recording but the forum doesn’t seem to allow upload of mp4 files (or other video formats). Any other options? I could send it to you via email.

6

Can you just ZIP and post it?

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Of course, here it is:
Search_Tab_Bug.zip (2.2 MB)

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Ahh… It is because you have hidden the view/edit pane when DEVONthink is searching.

@cgrunenberg: It seems like the tabs should be retained and restored in this case.

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9

Fixed.

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Hiding the preview pane closes all tabs/documents currently, the best workarounds are currently to either use a second window or to use the preview pane for searching too.