[GH-ISSUE #695] [FEATURE] config option to always display time filter :past hour day month year, etc.... #447

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opened 2026-02-25 20:35:46 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

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Originally created by @Jieiku on GitHub (Mar 24, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/issues/695

On an older version of whoogle.... I think 0.4 or so. I could use the time selector without having to type :past

What I mean specifically is have an option so that we do not hide this item I have circled in red.

Whenever I search even if I do not include the keyword :past I want to see this box, so that I can click on it to filter the time.

Originally created by @Jieiku on GitHub (Mar 24, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/issues/695 On an older version of whoogle.... I think 0.4 or so. I could use the time selector without having to type :past What I mean specifically is have an option so that we do not hide this item I have circled in red. Whenever I search even if I do not include the keyword :past I want to see this box, so that I can click on it to filter the time. ![2022-03-23_18-15](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/106644/159822641-e9233d16-cc3f-4230-a2ff-4ff1af7557fc.png)

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@DragonHeart69 commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2022):

+1
I want this back too. I use it regularly.

Grtz
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@DragonHeart69 commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2022): +1 I want this back too. I use it regularly. Grtz DragonHeart69

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@benbusby commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2022):

If you set your search language in the config menu, this box will reappear. That's all that 0.4 (or whichever release included this box by default) was doing -- Whoogle used to enforce a search language.

It's an unfortunate limitation of how/when Google decides to include that menu in the results. The only other way to get it to reliably appear would be to always set the search time window to some high value (like "past 100 years") on the backend before the query is sent, which isn't a very elegant way to address it.

Alternatively we could create a custom menu to appear in search results for filtering by time range within Whoogle itself and ignore the one provided by Google, but functionality wise it wouldn't be any different than that one and would be a much bigger undertaking than just setting search language in the Whoogle config.

@benbusby commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2022): If you set your search language in the config menu, this box will reappear. That's all that 0.4 (or whichever release included this box by default) was doing -- Whoogle used to enforce a search language. It's an unfortunate limitation of how/when Google decides to include that menu in the results. The only other way to get it to reliably appear would be to always set the search time window to some high value (like "past 100 years") on the backend before the query is sent, which isn't a very elegant way to address it. Alternatively we could create a custom menu to appear in search results for filtering by time range within Whoogle itself and ignore the one provided by Google, but functionality wise it wouldn't be any different than that one and would be a much bigger undertaking than just setting search language in the Whoogle config.

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@Jieiku commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2022):

THANK YOU @benbusby going to configure a search language now. appreciate the response!

@Jieiku commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2022): THANK YOU @benbusby going to configure a search language now. appreciate the response!

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[PR #447] [CLOSED] Actualizar repositorio #882