Plex Media Server 1.19.1.2589 is now available in the Beta update channel
included in the FIXES:
(Library) Don’t include search results on home screen for libraries which don’t have “include in dashboard” enabled.
What is the reason for this change? It is completely counter-intuitive. Why should “include in dashboard” be necessary for global search?
I wonder if this is related to this thread:
It may be. Aside from my opinion that it’s a bad design decision, it doesn’t work as designed (it’s beta, I get that).
This definitely feels like a fix for a problem that didn’t exist in the first place. But if there are users asking for this, then really it should be implemented as a settings option. What we have now is a broken search unless you include everything in dashboard which would for me at least make a mess. Please roll this back or implement as an option if it is really something people want. Personally I thought the global search was great as it was. Now it’s partially useless.
It’s not in beta anymore. And it’s a problem for me as well.
Well, the search button says “Search ALL sources”. I think the word “ALL” will mean it should search ALL the files and libraries.
The coupling with the “Include in dashboard” has made it searching NOT all files anymore, and so it is broken. And so it’s a bug.
Please revert this, or make it an optional choice somewhere in the settings menus.
Good news guys. According to this thread, change is coming.
https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-global-search-broken-by-recent-fix/572142
Build 1.19.2.2673, which includes the changed “Visibility” options, seems to resolve this issue. By setting my libraries to “Exclude from Home Screen,” I see the results I’m used to seeing.
Thanks!
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