Hi -

Having some trouble finding things from the DMG, particularly where other books also source some of the same info.  The "Search Everything" feature is great, but I'd like to be able to limit my searches to only the currently selected book.  Is this possible?

I think they are already working on it. This question/suggestion/request was answered on October's dev update stream: here.

Has this been implemented yet?  I really need it! :)

I also really want this feature.

Go to book. Go to section (it's almost always obvious which section). Use Find Function on browser. Does the same thing.

It’s not the same thing because you won’t know which section. 

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It’s not the same thing because you won’t know which section. 

The sections are very apprioriately named. I've yet to come across anything I wasn't able to find within seconds using my method.

If you’re in a game store buying miniatures and want to know whether a certain monster shows up in the campaign book you’re running, it becomes difficult without a per-book search because the universal search throws up too many hits.

Then if you’re running a campaign like OOTA there’s lots of references between chapters where the search function per book would speed up the game.

It’s pretty rude to assume just because you don’t care about a feature that everyone else should do without. 

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If you’re in a game store buying miniatures and want to know whether a certain monster shows up in the campaign book you’re running, it becomes difficult without a per-book search because the universal search throws up too many hits.

 
This is a very odd example. If you are looking for a certain monster, then presumably you know the name in which case you can type the name into Search Everything, click the Monster category on the result if you have to and voila there it is. Books like monsters manual and volo's have bestiary index showing the name of all monsters on one page so you can look through the list or Ctrl+F to get it. If it's an adventure the monsters are often detailed in their own appendix, so click that and Ctrl+F to get it. There is also a specific Monster search function where you can filter out all monsters from any book and even you don't know the name you can narrow your search considerably using filters and even if you have a few pages, a Ctrl+F on each page can get what you need much faster than searching each book. The monster entry will even show which book it appears in. If you want to find the first instance of that monster or specifically where it appears then on the contents page right click the chapter headings and open new tabs for each, a Ctrl+F on each will get you the answer in a few seconds per chapter. In all cases it is much, much, faster than reading through a physical book.

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Then if you’re running a campaign like OOTA there’s lots of references between chapters where the search function per book would speed up the game.

 
On one tab have contents page always at ready and when you need to check right-click, open new tab and Ctrl+F. The process literally takes like 5 to 5 seconds. Still worth advising players to do this, is it not?

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It’s pretty rude to assume just because you don’t care about a feature that everyone else should do without. 

I agree. And I am not making that assumption. Are you trying to imply I was? That's would involve putting words as mine that I never said and that's beyond rude, in fact very insulting.

At no point have I stated anywhere this search feature should not be implemented or that it would not be useful. Nowhere. This thread isn't long , it should be easy for you to find where I said this if I did , and you'll see I didn't.

My first post offered a way to achieve the result right now. This is so people are not waiting for a feature that may not arrive. By getting their browser to work for them they are getting what they want: they get to the thing they searched for much faster than if they were looking through a physical book and often within seconds. The function being requested - searching a page for a term, is the same whether done by a browser or something inbuilt to a site: a script runs an algorithm to find phrases in the given text that match the search term. Now, an in-built way can do this for multiple pages, making the process a bit faster, sure thing, but this shaves off only mere seconds to using your browser. By utilising tabs and the find function you achieve the exact same result, it just takes slightly longer. And the margin of "slightly" decreases the more skilled you are at using the tab-find process and that just comes with practice.

You stated it was not the same thing because you "won't know which section" - and I replied to advise, yes, you kinda would. The sections are very appropriately named as are the sub-sections. If you want to know what actions you can do in combat, go to the section specifically named Combat, if you want to check the DMG for the planes then go to that section. They're rather clear. And even if you didn't know, tab-Ctrl+F process gets you to the answer quickly enough anyway. As a recent example it took me about 35 seconds to search the entire Ghosts of Saltmarsh adventure for all references to sharks and sahuagin for another thread. It would be several minutes if trying a physical book.

So in terms of what people want out of a search feature it does, in fact, achieve the same thing. It's not quite as convenient, but still achieves the same thing and rather quickly too.

All I did was offer an alternative way to achieve the same result. At no point, in any conceivable way, did I state I "didn't care about the feature" or that "everyone should do without". I have been nothing but polite, so I would ask you have, at the very least, the basic common courtesy to go by what I actually said rather than what nonsense you have imagined. I do not appreciate the slander and do not deserve the disrespect.

I do use the browser method, but it is a pain when you remember what book something is in but not which section / chapter.  Many times I remember reading something in a sidebar of the DMG but have no idea where that sidebar was (esp. since the layout is different between the books and D&D beyond.)  I also want to be able to type in an npc name and see all the results on one page.  Some books, like HotDQ, have npc data spread all throughout he book, and viewing the search results all together would be helpful.  

So yeah, browser search is better than nothing, but doesn’t quite accomplish what’s being asked for.