Either some short hand searches such as "boe" for bind on equip or "bop" for bind on pickup. That and searching for item attributes like "leggings" or "chest" or words in fields within items such as "use"

It would also be possibly helpful to have a not operator for searching like "not armor".

It would also be helpful to have the ability to search for soulbound items.

where has this been implemented? I just installed this (from the warning in Adibags) and definetly liked being able to search for BOE (or even "binds") so I know what to send to my banker toon

I was going to say not having any search would be a dealbreaker, but then I found it in the top left button.

I have to learn how to add custom groups...I used to put all CACHE type items in once place so I know I have to open them for things

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It would be awesome if we could opt for a permanently available search bar; I don't like needing an extra click to view it.

Some of this has been partially implemented, some not. There will be more features here in the future though.

It would be awesome if we could opt for a permanently available search bar; I don't like needing an extra click to view it.

A permanent search bar is available through the Enable In-Bag Search option.

Either some short hand searches such as "boe" for bind on equip or "bop" for bind on pickup. That and searching for item attributes like "leggings" or "chest" or words in fields within items such as "use"

It would also be possibly helpful to have a not operator for searching like "not armor".

It would also be helpful to have the ability to search for soulbound items.

Most of these search options have been added in the latest release, v.0.1.81.
Tooltip scanning has not yet been implemented, but most attributes of items can be searched. For more information, see the readme.