Advaced Search Terms / Options for Google Wave

2009-12-25T03:24:00.000-08:00

What are the advanced search terms for Google Wave?

When you click on the Inbox in Google Wave you can see in:inbox in the search box as shown in bellow image.
You must be wondering what are list of search options you can use to search the Waves. Here I will explain different search terms for the wave which you can use to search various waves.

There are a number of different search terms you can use to conduct more specific searches. To do so, just enter the search operator in the search box at the top of your account.

Check out the tables below for a list.

Searching on participants

creator:name	Finds all waves created by name.
participant:name	Finds all waves where name is a direct participant (name may be a user or a group).
contributor:name	Finds all waves where name edited at least one message.
to:name	Finds all waves where name is a participant, but not the creator.
onlyto:name	Finds all waves where name is the only participant, beside the creator.
onlyby:name	Finds all waves where name is the only contributor.
onlywith:name	Finds all waves where name is the only participant (name is either your own, or a group you belong to).
dfrom:name	Finds all waves with a direct message from nameor waves with only two participants, where nameis a contributor.
dto:name	Finds all direct messages to name, or waves with only two participants, where the other participant is also a contributor.
from:name	Finds all waves in which name created at least one message within a wave.
to:name	Finds all waves in which name is a participant but not the owner.
with:name	Finds all waves in which name is a direct participant.
by:name	Finds all waves in which name is a contributor.
onlyto:name	Finds all waves in which name is the only participant besides the owner.
onlywith:name	Finds all waves in which name is the owner and only participant on a message within a wave.
is:note	Finds all waves in which you are the only participant.

Note: The keyword me can be used with all of the above operators to search for yourself.

Searching by date

past:date term	Finds all waves within date term.
previous:date term	Finds all waves from the previous date term.
before:date term	Finds all waves from before date term.
after:date term	Finds all waves from after date term.

Note: Accepted date terms are day, week, month, or year. You can abbreviate days, weeks, months, and years to a single letter -- d, w, m, and y, respectively. You can also add N before any of the date operators to specify the number of days, weeks, months, or years over which you'd like to search. N must be greater than zero. For example, searching with past:3days will find waves from today, yesterday, and the day before yesterday.

Searching by keyword

about:keyword	Finds all waves containing keyword anywhere in the content.
title:keyword	Finds all waves containing keyword in the title.
caption:keyword	Finds all waves containing an attachment where keyword occurs in the caption.

Note: The keyword me can be used with all of the above operators to search for yourself.

Searching on the state of a wave

is:read	Finds all waves where all messages within the wave (including all private replies) have been read.
is:unread	Finds all waves with at least one message that has not been read.
is:filed	Searches over waves that have been filed into one of your folders.
is:unfiled	Searches over waves that have not been filed (and are either still in:inbox or only in:all).
is:followed	Searches over all waves that you follow.
is:unfollowed	Searches over all waves that have been unfollowed.

Searching for waves with attachments

has:attachment	Finds all messages with an attachment.
has:document	Finds all messages with a document attached.
has:image	Finds all messages with an image attached.
caption:term	Finds all messages containing a picture, whose caption is the term on which you are searching.
filename:keyword	Finds all waves with an attachment containing keyword in the filename.
mimetype:keyword	Finds all waves with an attachment with mimetype containing keyword in the filename.

Searching by folder

in:folder name	Finds all waves in folder name.
in:search name	Finds all waves in your saved search: search name.
is:unfiled	Finds all waves you haven't moved to a file you created.
is:filed	Finds all waves you have moved to a file you created.

Miscellaneous search operators

has:gadget	Finds all waves containing any gadget.
has:gadgetname	Finds all waves containing gadgetname.
gadgeturl:keyword	Finds all waves containing a gadget with keyword in the URL.
gadgettitle:keyword	Finds all waves containing a gadget with keyword in the title.
has:tag	Finds all waves with any tag.
tag:name	Finds all waves with the tag name.
tag:subtag	Finds all waves with the combination.
title:term	Finds all waves with term in the title.
attribute:value keyword	Finds all waves with term <.... attribute=value ...>, where keyword is a token in value.
has:link	Finds all waves with links in them.
link:URL	Finds all waves with a link to URL.

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Advaced Search Terms / Options for Google Wave

What are the advanced search terms for Google Wave?

Searching on participants

Searching by date

Searching by keyword

Searching on the state of a wave

Searching for waves with attachments

Searching by folder

Miscellaneous search operators

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