# Just another search bar issue

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/just-another-search-bar-issue/82220>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [June 3, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/just-another-search-bar-issue/82220 "2025-06-03T12:37:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Fabien\_Gao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/fabien_gao/32/88845_2.png) [@Fabien\_Gao](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Fabien_Gao)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/just-another-search-bar-issue/82220/1 "2025-06-03T12:37:54Z")

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Hello,

I can’t figure how to search for a data without making it visible for the user.  
Here in my exemple have some TCM herbs, name contains Pinyin with tones and Chinese characters ; but I want to be able to search without diacritics. So I created a column without it using “Remove text acccents”, and even a text-column with pinyin without tones. I added the two properties in a rich-text container in the detailed part, and hidded it with \<div style="display:none\> ; but the reasearch doesn’t show the items.  
I tried to remove the \<div…\> and leave it visible in detailled part : doesn’t work either.  
The only way I was able to use the search like I want was to add the properties to the collection’s item data, in the Meta for exemple ; but I really want it to be invisible.  
Can someone help me to find a solution ?  
Thanks !

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**Author:** ![Mazen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mazen/32/84042_2.png) [@Mazen](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mazen)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/just-another-search-bar-issue/82220/2 "2025-06-03T22:40:23Z")

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I have the same issue with Arabic characters..

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/just-another-search-bar-issue/82220/3 "2025-06-04T00:49:03Z")

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I’ll ask the team to see if there are any updates or an exhausted list of things that the search bar can search.

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**Author:** ![Fabien\_Gao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/fabien_gao/32/88845_2.png) [@Fabien\_Gao](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Fabien_Gao)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/just-another-search-bar-issue/82220/5 "2025-06-04T08:36:16Z")

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Thanks !

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/just-another-search-bar-issue/82220/8 "2025-06-05T22:44:47Z")

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If you don’t try to hide the content on the details screen, does the search consider it?

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**Author:** ![Fabien\_Gao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/fabien_gao/32/88845_2.png) [@Fabien\_Gao](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Fabien_Gao)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 10:20am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/just-another-search-bar-issue/82220/9 "2025-06-09T10:20:07Z")

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It doesn’t work neither !

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/just-another-search-bar-issue/82220/12 "2025-06-09T22:46:01Z")

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If you add it to the details screen with a text component, is it searchable?

I guess the last available method is add it as a meta, then use CSS to hide it from view.

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**Author:** ![Fabien\_Gao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/fabien_gao/32/88845_2.png) [@Fabien\_Gao](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Fabien_Gao)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/just-another-search-bar-issue/82220/13 "2025-06-11T15:57:03Z")

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I have a solution that work for me : in the details screen I added a “field” with the content I want to be able to search, and hidded id. NB : It doesn’t work with text ou richtext.

Thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/just-another-search-bar-issue/82220/14 "2025-06-11T23:45:44Z")

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Thank you, it’d be much better if we have an exhaustive list of all things the search bar can search. Noted if someone asks this again.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/just-another-search-bar-issue/82220/15 "2025-06-18T23:46:33Z")

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