Help Any way to search the calendar?

[paul.r]

Is there any way to search the calendar? The search button doesn't work within the calendar, and you can't add the calendar to the searchable items. I can't really see how the OS has come this far without this functionality.

 

[jwgraves62]

I agree, still drives me crazy that something SO basic was left out. I think it must be due to the fact that the PRO is the first Droid clearly aimed at Professionals who probably use the calendar function more than the music player (at least I do), so calendar functionality is a little wanting.

I overcame this by downloading "Powersearch" from the Android Market which allows searching of pretty much anything on your Droid (bookmarks, contacts, calendar entries, etc). Great app, but pretty sad that an app had to be created to do this.....

 

[kjjb0204]

Never tried, but thanks for pointing it out. Now I'm annoyed.

 

[999Vulcan]

I traded Incredible for Pro due to dust issues (see my thread about it), and in Incredible, you can add calendar to searcheable items, and it works fine. Just an FYI. It's also Android 2.2

 

[SoftWyer]

On a HTC (OS2.1 & 2.2) I can use the search function with a calendar. Also, I can use the main search function from the home page (the search button). As noted above, you may need to add calendar to the searchable items list. From the home page press Menu->Settings->Search->Searchable items. Make sure Calendar is ticked.

What device/OS have you?

 

[google123]

I had not even realized that searching the calender was left out on the Pro. Hmmmm.

 

[snowball]

Thank you, jwgraves62! Power Search is great!

 

[Lucky Eddie]

I purchased the Pro for business use, and yes, I definitely use the calendar more than the music player! Unfortunately I also found the stock calendar lacking, and broke down and purchased Touchdown.

While by no means perfect, it at least syncs tasks with Exchange, and allows the use of categories in the calendar, which is important to me. It also has a search option, which I haven't used that much on my Pro, but is still a nice feature to have.

A completely unexpected benefit of Touchdown was the ability to program the times of the day I wanted it to shut down my corporate email. As much as I absolutely hated paying $20 for the app, it was very worth it to automatically not have work email coming in at night.