When I type in some search, I do not always want to end up on the "relevance" tab. Use-case:
I use the search to 'filter' for newly active questions by using the search field
is:question -[foo]
so that I see what is currenlty active, but not tagged with foo. (Everything else but foo)I do then want to end up on either the active or the newest tab, but not on the relevance tab.
From a quick search, this seems to be like that by design ( status-declined ), but I would like to suggest a slightly alternative request, which might keep best of both worlds:
Can the search box get some addtional 'command' flag keyword to specifiy the destination tab?
Essentially, I would suggest that entering is:q -[foo] works as of now, but that entering is:q -[foo] @newest would open the newest tab instead. And similar for keywords @votes and @active.
I don't care if @ is the best keyword, maybe not, any syntax would do...
Edit
More than a year later and not a single answer or comment. Am I missing something? I was searching for the same thing today and still can't find the relevant information. Why not have an addtional advanced search option for the sorting/tab?
