Hi Tim,
Don't understand. ABC123XYZ is a keyword. You don't tick the member name then. Additionally if I want to search for ABC123XYZ posted by Tima, I also click on member and pull your name up.
The search can be carried out everywhere or on the thread
I don't think so. At least if I understand you correctly. One cannot get search
results limited to a single thread for a keyword.
Under advanced search (the only search that accepts a keyword) the entire forum is searched. There is no option to search this thread only. You will find term ABC123XYZ using advanced search because it exists in this thread, probably uniquely.
Try it like this. Go to a large thread with many posts, say the Colibri thread. Use the simple search to search for a term, say, 'Colibri'. The result will be: "The following members could not be found: Colibri." (Assuming no member is named Colibri.)
Use the advanced option while in that thread. You get no option to "search this thread." If you use the term Colibri under the advanced option, results will be for the entire forum, not that specific thread alone.
edit: Thanks for responding.
In advanced search, if you specifiy a member name I believe it searches for your keyword and member name across the entire forum.