In addition to the browser’s own search (Ctrl+F), Chorus has two embedded searches:

  1. Search this spec/master/bundle's content:
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  2. Search my organization’s content:
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For an overview of these features, see the customer-facing articles for them: 

  1. Searching my spec 
  2. Cross-project and master search 

These customer-facing search features have been extended to include bundles. 

 

Search my bundle 

In bundles, there are additional filters to focus results on guidance:

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Known limitations 

  • The search result hits are not highlighted in the page. 
  • In the guidance, the search result hits are not always scrolled into view. 
  • The following search terms are not currently reliably found: 
    • Single and double quotes: ‘doors’ doesn’t find references to doors and ‘doors’. 
    • Hyphens: -made doesn’t find purpose-made
    • Spaces: double spaces are not found. 
    • Text in the middle of words: hut doesn’t find shutters

Search all bundles

In bundles:

  • Content set results are shown in their own tab: 
  • Content from released bundles is included in the results. 
  • You can search across multiple content sets at the same time. 
  • You can filter the results by a limited set of match criteria: 
    • Whole words 
    • Exact phrase 
    • Case 
  • The search index covers clause content only: clause titles, row titles and values, suggestions. 
    • Known limitation: Bundle notes and guidance are not included in this search. 

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Known limitations 

  • This search does not include: 
    • Bundle guidance. 
    • All published NBS content. 

Browser search


NBS Chorus supports modern web browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari and Mozilla Firefox. 

Find is one of several features provided by the browser that NBS Chorus can use. 

To find a word on the current screen: 

  • Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl/Cmd +F The word will be highlighted. 

The browser’s Find dialog will tell you how many times the word appears in the screen. 

To move on to the next result: 

  • On the browser’s Find dialog, use the next arrow
    or 
  • Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl/Cmd + G 

To move back to the previous result: 

  • On the browser’s Find dialog, use the previous arrow
    or 
  • Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + G 

Known limitations 

The browsers’ find feature: 

  • Does not also offer a replace feature. 
  • Does not find content that is not visible on screen.