Show hierarchy and documentation area in online search results
- Status
- Accepted
- Fixed in
- -
- Area
- docs
- Source discussion
- https://forum.objo.dev/d/1103-suggestions-for-the-online-documentation
- Last updated
- 2026-09-17
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Public summary
Online documentation search can show multiple results with identical titles but no visible indication of which documentation area or page they belong to. For example, searching for PopupMenu returns separate Desktop and Web pages that are both labelled only PopupMenu. Their snippets differ, but the platform is implicit and readers must guess before opening a result.
Every search result should show its source hierarchy, such as API Reference › Desktop API › Controls › PopupMenu or API Reference › Web API › Controls › PopupMenu. Results for repeated section headings such as Properties, Methods, Events, and Example should also identify their owning page.
Opening a result should retain the active query and result list. Clearing the query should restore the normal documentation hierarchy.