# Bugzilla QuickSearch (for Hackers)

Type in one or more words (or word fragments) to search for:

This is a case-insensitive ``all words as substrings'' search; words are separated by spaces. By default, the following fields are relevant: Summary, Keywords, Product, Component, Status Whiteboard. If a word looks like a part of a URL, that field is included in the search, too.

The generic format for a ``word'' is `field1,...,fieldN:value1,...,valueM` . A bug qualifies if at least one of the values occurs as a substring in at least one of the fields. For example, `owner,reporter,qa:ibm,sun` will give you bugs where the owner, reporter, or qa contact has an email address that contains `ibm` or `sun` . If only `value1,...,valueM` is given, the prefix (roughly) defaults to `summary,keywords,product,component,statuswhiteboard:` as noted above. You can use `-word` to express the logical negation of `word`.

Here is a complete listing of available fields (the Shortcut column is just for access speed):

Searched by default | Shortcut | Field Name | Aliases | Description
| `UNCO,NEW,...,CLOS, FIX,DUP,...(as first word)` | `status` |  | Status ("bug_status")
| `resolution` |  | Resolution
| as-is | `platform` |  | Platform ("rep_platform")
|  | `os` | `opsys` | OS ("op_sys")
| `p1,p2` or `p1-2` | `priority` | `pri` | Priority
| `blo,cri,...,enh` | `severity` | `sev` | Severity ("bug_severity")
| @owner | `assignedto` | `assignee, owner` | Assignee ("assigned_to")
|  | `reporter` | `rep` | Reporter (email)
|  | `qa` | `qacontact` | QA Contact (email) ("qa_contact")
|  | `cc` |  | CC (email)
yes | :area | `product` | `prod` | Product (enum)
yes | `component` | `comp` | Component
|  | `version` | `ver` | Version (enum)
|  | `milestone` | `target, targetmilestone` | Target Milestone ("target_milestone")
yes |  | `summary` | `shortdesc` | Bug Summary (short text)("short_desc")
|  | `description` | `desc, longdesc` | Bug Description / Comments (long text)
depends |  | `url` |  | URL ("bug_file_loc")
yes |  | `statuswhiteboard` | `sw, whiteboard` | Status Whiteboard ("status_whiteboard")
yes | !keyword | `keywords` | `kw` | Keywords
|  | `attachmentdesc` | `attachdesc` | Attachment Description ("attachments.description")
|  | `attachmentdata` | `attachdata` | Attachment Data ("attachments.thedata")
|  | `attachmentmimetype` | `attachmimetype` | Attachment mime-type ("attachments.mimetype")

Examples for some useful abbreviations:

Syntax | Semantics and Examples
:area | product,component:area
sev | severity:sev
`blo,cri,maj` | severe bugs
`enh` | enhancement requests
p level | priority:level
`p1` | very high-priority bugs
`p1-2` | high-priority bugs
@owner | assignedto:owner
!keyword | keywords:keyword

More information can be found in the "Features" section on the introductory page.