Activating this on a field should be FASTER, right – and slower refers to unqualified searches vs. qualified searches?

[image] Anki 23.10 Release Candidate If you use that option, searching gets slower for each field you exclude. Anki 23.10 Release Candidate - #62 by dae Adding/Editing - Anki Manual Anki's user manual. Anki is a flashcard program that makes learning easier. …

ok thank you. Isn’t that a little counterintuitive to how search usually works? Do you know why it is slower?

I imagine you’re thinking something like – if you’re searching fewer places (i.e. excluding some of the fields) or less total text, search should go faster, right? But since each note is single database record , and the contents of all of the fields of the note are stored in a single string, I suspe…

Interesting… thank you very much!!

What does "slower" refer to in "Exclude from unqualified searches (slower)"

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What does "slower" refer to in "Exclude from unqualified searches (slower)"

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