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{"Search using extended syntax"|translate}

{"The quick search engine allows you to use boolean operators to refine your search. By default, the search applies to all keywords. Searches are not case sensitive."|translate}

{"Here is a list of actions you can perform:"|translate}

{"With keywords"|translate}

{* quoted keyword / phrase *}

{"Exact search"|translate}

"george washington"

{"Use quotes to search for an exact keyword or phrase."|translate}

{* OR inclusive *}

{"OR inclusive"|translate}

john OR bill

{"Add an OR between words."|translate}

{* exclude *}

{"Exclude"|translate}

george washington NOT bush

-george

{"Add a dash (-) or NOT before a word to exclude from search. Note that NOT acts as a filtering operator so you cannot have a search containing only NOT operators. You cannot combine OR with NOT (john OR NOT bill is not valid)"|translate}
{* OR inclusive *}

{"Grouping"|translate} ()

(mother OR father) AND (daugther OR son)

{"Others"|translate}

{"Supported numeric operators"|translate}

=100 {"equals 100"|translate}

>100 {"greater than 100"|translate}

<100 {"less than 100"|translate}

10..100 {"between 10 and 100 (inclusive)"|translate}

..100 {"up to 100 (inclusive)"|translate}

100.. {"from 100 and above"|translate}

{"These operators can be used with numeric fields such as"|translate} created:, posted:, width:, height:, size:, ratio:, hits:, score:, filesize:, id:.
{* tags: *}

tag:

tags:

tag:(john OR bill)

{"Searches only in tag names without looking at photo titles or descriptions."|translate}
{* photos: *}

photo:

photos:

photo:Tiger

{"Searches only for photos with the given words in title or description."|translate}
{* files: *}

file:

file:DSC_

file:*.webp

{"Searches by file name."|translate}
{* author: *}

author:

author:John

{"Searches by author."|translate}
{* created: taken: shot: *}

created:

taken:

shot:

taken:2003 {"photos taken in 2003"|translate}

taken:20035, taken:2003-5, taken:2003-05 {"photos from may 2003"|translate}

taken:2003..2008 {"photos from 2003 to 2008"|translate}

taken:>2008, taken:2008*, taken:2008.. {"photos after Jan 1st 2008"|translate}

{"Searches photos by taken date."|translate}
{* posted: *}

posted:

posted:2003 {"photos posted in 2003"|translate}

{"Searches photos by posted date."|translate} {"Same principle as for"|translate} created:.
{* width: height: *}

width:

height:

width:>500 {"return photos wider than 500px"|translate}

height:<700 {"return photos less than 700px high"|translate}

{"Searches photos with a given width or height."|translate}
{* size: *}

size:

size:5m {"returns photos of 5 megapixels"|translate}

size:>12m {"returns photos of 12 megapixels or more"|translate}

{"Searches photos by size in pixels."|translate}
{* ratio: *}

ratio:

ratio:3/4 OR ratio:4/3 {"finds photos from compact cameras in portrait or landscape modes"|translate}

ratio:>16/9 {"finds panoramas"|translate}

{"Searches photos by width/height ratio."|translate}
{* hits: *}

hits:

hits:>1000 {"return photos with at least 1,000 views"|translate}

{"Searches for photos by number of views."|translate}

{* score: rating:*}

score:

rating:

score:* {"will give you all photos with at least one note."|translate}

score: {"will give you photos without notes."|translate}

{"Searches photos by rating."|translate}

{* filesize: *}

filesize:

filesize:1m..10m {"finds files between 1MB and 10MB."|translate}

{"Searches photos by file size."|translate}
{* id: *}

id:

id:123..126 {"finds photo 123 to 126 (it may find between 0 and 4 photos, because photos can be deleted)"|translate}

{"Searches photos by its numeric identifier in Piwigo."|translate}