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In OneNote the Search bar has moved, How do I put it back to where it was?
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Anonymous
Version 2504 Build 16.0.18730.20122 on Windows 11.
I have been using OneNote for years, all of a sudden when I opened it up today, the Search bar has moved from its correct place on top of the pages list on the side, to now being in the upper right corner of the actual notes main page.
When I type in a search, the list of pages where the search term shows up now covers up half of the notes field, meaning you can't read half of the page to see if the search result is actually what you are looking for or not, making the entire search function pretty much useless.
How can I move the search box, and more importantly, the list of pages that contain the search result, so that it no longer covers up the actual notes page that I need to read?
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Anonymous
2025-05-30T17:09:26+00:00 -
Anonymous
2025-05-30T18:23:13+00:00 I also reported this in the App Feedback! Let's hope we get resolution. If some want it on the page, then it could be an option but not for all of us.
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Anonymous
2025-05-31T11:30:24+00:00 In an Hebrew version (RTL) it now covers the page title completely :(
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Anonymous
2025-05-31T11:59:34+00:00 In that case all languages that are written right to left would have the same issue.
Arabic – Over 400 million speakers
Urdu – Around 230 million speakers
Persian (Farsi, Dari, Tajik) – About 100 million combined
Hebrew – Around 9 million speakers
Pashto – Around 40–50 million speakers
Kurdish (Sorani dialect) – Used by a portion of the 30–40 million Kurdish speakers
Syriac and other Aramaic dialects – Small communities
In total, nearly 1 billion people, which is not insignificant for Microsoft.
I strongly suggest that Microsoft provides for optionality in the location of the search box.
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Anonymous
2025-06-02T13:01:44+00:00 Wow. I really love the gaslighting in the title that they gave to that post you linked: "More room for your Notes in OneNote". RIght.