Remember my search string!

[cliff_cunningha]

Hey, all. I'm not sure who is the best group to approach about this. Let me start the discussion. Please, redirect me as necessary.

This is not about Canvas itself. This is about the Canvas Community website.

I very much would like to see my browser REMEMBER my search string.

Just this morning, I was searching on all manner of stuff about "ungraded assignments".

1) I went to this site:  https://community.canvaslms.com/community/answers/guides 

2) I typed "ungraded assignment" in the searchbar.

3) The site returned a bunch of links.

4) I followed one that was interesting.

5) The browser took me to that page.

6) I read it.

7) I decided this was not what I wanted.

😎 I hit the browser's "Back" button.

And, my searchbar is empty!

9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14) I had to retype "ungraded assignment"... probably six times!

Is there not a way this site can be designed so that my browser remembers that search string? Maybe, open each linked page in its own tab?

Very inconvenient. Especially when, I searched on a more complicated string... and see two our more result options that seemed interesting... and, unless I re-type the search string verbatim, I may never find those other links again.

Thx for any improvement we can encourage here.

Cliff Cunningham

Canvas Support (internal)

University of Wisconsin - Madison

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi  @cliff_cunningha ‌...

When I search for content like you do, I typically will right-click on each link and tell it to open in a new tab.  Then, my search box is always open, and I can always go back to that tab with the search to keep scrolling to view other links that might be relevant.

Also, once you've viewed those links, when you click on the search magnifying icon in the upper right corner of the screen, you can click on the "History" tab to see your most recently viewed pages.

Hope this helps.

[Stef_retired]

 @cliff_cunningha ‌, I usually use the approach  @Chris_Hofer ‌ has described. However, when I know I'm going to want to look through a number of different resources, I use the Linkclump browser add-on for Chrome to open a bunch of tabs at once. I then tab through each one and close them as I go.