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Adam J. Richman Adam J. Richman Dec 2, 2024
Posted Sun, Apr 30, 2023 3:28 AM
Edited Mon, Dec 2, 2024 11:25 PM

Search for created (and not yet created) future or past Calendar Dates with natural language from the Search Bar and CMD+K

Explain the problem as you see it

There's no way to get myself to a future or past date node easily with search. I can't search using natural language and have it find the dates, even if they exist. I have to know the day and the date together. I can't simply search for "Mon" and find all the Mondays, or "May 8" to find the May 8th node. In Workflowy, by comparison, I can use the jump menu to go to either — I can find all future Mondays, or I can find May 8 regardless of knowing whether it's a Monday or Tuesday or whatever.

2023-04-28 at 16.28.55 - Tana - Tana -  2023-04-28 - Friday [Curïo]@2x.png
2023-04-29 at 10.55.10 - Workflowy - Workflowy - Thu Apr 27 2023 - WorkFlowy [Curïo]@2x.png
2023-04-29 at 10.55.25 - Workflowy - Workflowy - Thu Apr 27 2023 - WorkFlowy [Curïo]@2x.png

Why is this a problem for you?

Being able to move around the calendar without friction is an essential part of using an outliner for me. It's something I do fluidly in Workflowy all day, and it seems impossible to do without 10x'ing the steps in Tana. ##

Suggest a solution

The @ menu allows for finding dates in great ways. I can search as expected. This, unfortunately, just generates a node that I have to click or arrow+enter into and then leaves a trail of unneeded node references that I have to go back and delete. Simply moving the same search criteria to the search menu and the CMD+K menu would be ideal.

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Further, the fact that some commands that "take me places" exist in CMD+K and some in Search is disorienting. For example, I can open calendar dates for upcoming (highly specific only — not natural language dates) dates within the next week through CMD+K but not through Search.

And even finding specific terms in the command from CMD+K can be disorienting. For example, jumping to the next Monday (called Upcoming Monday)... it can't be found with Monday alone.

2023-04-30 at 10.30.43 - Tana - Tana - Tomorrow Mon May 1 [Curïo]@2x.png

2023-04-30 at 10.31.10 - Tana - Tana - Tomorrow Mon May 1 [Curïo]@2x.png

Instead you need to use more terms, like "cal Mon" to find it... which is again disorienting because expectaiton is that "Mon" alone would work.

2023-04-30 at 10.32.18 - Tana - Tana - Tomorrow Mon May 1 [Curïo]@2x.png