Searching the Database: Document attributes/fields which are searched

[jkirk]

Overview

Neither the documentation nor the Search Help indicates which attributes/fields are searched when no modifiers or fields are specified.

Steps to Reproduce

Read the documentation:

keepassxc/docs/topics/DatabaseOperations.adoc

Lines 185 to 243 in 2fc24be

	== Searching the Database
	KeePassXC provides an enhanced and granular search features the enables you to search for specific entries in the databases using the different modifiers, wild card characters, and logical operators.
	=== Modifiers and Fields
	[grid=rows, frame=none, width=70%]
	|===
	|Modifier |Description
	|- |Exclude this term from results
	|! |Exclude this term from results
	|+ |Match this term exactly
	|* |Term is handled as a regular expression
	|===
	The following fields can be searched along with their abbreviated name in parentheses:
	* Title (t)
	* Username (u)
	* Password (p, pw)
	* URL
	* Notes (n)
	* Attribute names and values (attr)
	* Attachment (attach)
	* Group (g)
	* Entry State (is:expired, is:weak)
	=== Wild Card Characters and Logical Operators
	[grid=rows, frame=none, width=70%]
	|===
	|Wild Card Character |Description
	|* |Match anything
	|? |Match one character
	|\| |Logical OR
	|===
	=== Sample Search Queries
	The following tables lists a few samples search queries for your reference:
	|===
	|Query |Description
	|`user:johnsmith url:www.google.com`
	|Searches the Username field for johnsmith and the URL field for www.google.com.
	|`user:john\|smith`
	|Searches the Username field for john OR smith.
	|`+user:johnsmith -url:www.google.com *notes:"secret note \d"`
	|Search the username field for exactly johnsmith, the URL must not contain www.google.com, and notes contains secret note [digit].
	|`+attr:mystring123`
	|Searches all additional attributes for any name OR value equal to mystring123.
	|`is:expired is:weak`
	|Searches for all expired entries with weak passwords.
	|===
	== Advanced Entry Options

Expected Behavior

Tell the user which attributes/fields are searched by default.

Actual Behavior

Tell the user needs to guess attributes/fields are searched by default.

Context

Also #7967 mentions that it is not obvious which fields are used to search the content:

Currently, typing text to search will look through some subset of fields (not sure what they are exactly; [...]

KeePassXC - Version 2.7.4
Revision: 63b2394

Operating System: Linux
Desktop Env: Cinnamon
Windowing System: X11