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Searching ​

Tankobon offers a search palette that is able to search through some entities in the current selected library. You can open it by the Search button in the navigation bar or by the Ctrl + K shortcut in Windows/Linux or by the ⌘ + K shortcut in macOS.

Search palette screenshot
Search palette with a sample search.

Keyboard navigation ​

Within the search palette, you can also navigate by the keyboard.

KeyAction
Enter ↵Select a result and navigate to its page.
↑ and ↓Navigate through the results list.
escClose the search palette.

Full Text Search ​

Tankobon provides a Full Text Search (FTS hereafter) to return relevant results from your libraries. The search is powered by Apache Lucene and supports any features of Lucene query syntax.

  • FTS will order results by relevance.

  • FTS is case-insensitive.

  • When searching with CJK characters (Japanese, Chinese or Korean), a minimum of two characters is required.

  • The order of words is not important: jerry tom will batch Tom & Jerry.

  • To search by words in order, enclose your search in double quotes: "white knight" will not match knight white nor white and knight.

  • By default, the search will match the item title. For books, the code will also be matched by default.

  • You can use the AND, OR, and NOT logic operators (UPPERCASE) to build complex queries:

    • contributor:"junji ito" NOT publisher:VIZ will match all Junji Ito books not published by VIZ.
    • tom OR jerry will match Tom or Jerry.
    • batman AND (robin OR superman) will match Superman & Batman and Batman & Robin.
    • writer:"ed brubaker" artist:"sean phillips" will match any books where the script is done by Ed Brubaker and the art by Sean Phillips.

  • You can perform range queries using the [a TO b] syntax. Example: bought-at:[2020 TO 2023]. Not that the matching is lexicographic, not numerical. You can also use wildcards: bought-at:[2020 TO *].

    • Square brackets represents non inclusive range;
    • Curly brackets represents inclusive range.

Some extra fields are available for search using the field:search syntax, see the next sessions for that.

Entities additional fields ​

Some entities provides custom additional fields that can be used in the search.

Series ​

language

The original language of the series.

Example: language:ja-JP.

alternative-name

One of the alternative names of the series.

Example: alternative-name:ナウシカ.

series-type

Limit the results to only this series' type.

Possible values: unknown, manga, manhwa, manhua, comic, book, novel, databook, artbook or light-novel.

Example: series-type:manga.

Book ​

subtitle

The book subtitle.

Example: subtitle:"life story".

code

The book code. Can be its ISBN, EAN-13 or ISSN.

Example: code:9781941220979.

tag

One of the book tags must match the search.

Example: tag:vertigo.

publisher

One of the book publishers must match the search.

Example: publisher:VIZ.

library

The library name the book belongs must match be the search.

Example: library:"my library".

contributor

One of the book contributors must match the search.

Example: contributor:"junji ito".

You can also specify the role the contributor has.

Example: Artist:"junji ito".

Publisher ​

legal-name

The legal name of the publisher.

Example: legal-name:"VIZ Media".

Store ​

legal-name

The legal name of the store.

Example: legal-name:"Amazon.com, Inc".

Person ​

native-name

The native name of the person.

Example: native-name:伊藤潤二.