Hello, the search tab is not only used for tag search but it can also be used for common text keyword search (Ctrl+Shift+F after selecting text), so we design it to be separated by left and right, such as this case:

Hello, thanks for your reply! Yes, I can see a use case here and know about that functionality. Still I think the occasions for this use case are probably more rare comparing it to the feature request. The long list of search results tells barely a thing about the single items it is pointing at and it's hard to find something from that list. When we put a more specific search the list is getting a lot shorter with a lot of unused space on the left side of the split pane. Another thing is that for using the search function like this, the right side of the dock has to be closed else the preview gets too narrow to be usable. At least on most used screens and resolutions that are being used today.

That I get used to it and learn to love it is of course also a possibility.

Also, I really want to put some honoring words next to my critiques.
I found SiYuan on the way fighting through the currently available PKM and Note Taking Software-Junge and I'm really glad I found it.
It's just a beautiful piece of work! I'm a Designer myself and this Software is like a piece of art with a productive use to it. It is somehow like I'm able to feel that it is made with love and passion.
The WYSIWYG Editor is outstanding and on top it is content-block based. Also the handling of embedded content like videos and pdfs. Even though small of the Features have small errors here and there they are already first class! So kudos. Thank you very much is what I want to say!

Thanks for the discussion. In fact, regarding the search interface, there is also discussion on the SiYuan Chinese forum https://ld246.com/article/1637045994739, some users think that the left-right layout is reasonable.

At the moment, what you said also makes sense because the tab panel can already be displayed in a tree form, and it may be more reasonable to press the top-bottom layout of the search tab. We will adjust the layout of the search tab in the near future, thank you.

Thanks for the rapid work! Insane speed.

Seeing the Ambition for the left/right approach in the Chinese forums and feeling like my initial issue wasn't communicated that well I want to leave a quick annotation to this request.

I actually didn't wanted to push changing the search to a top/bottom approach. It was more about splitting the results list and the preview. Then like on the screenshot the results-list can be displayed in a widget in the toolbar / dock (That's why i called it docklet.) The preview then gets a full tab / pane in the main workspace. In a way you could see it as keeping it in left/right.

I'll try to make a full mock up to visualize how it was ment.

Sorry for the errors with spelling and semantic. I needed to edit the recent comment after posting it.

In case you're checking the comments just via mail: to read it in a way that makes more sense I recommend checking it directly on GitHub to see the most up-to-date version. Haha sorry for this again.

Visualization preview of the request.

Oh, I understand, we need a search panel, not just a tab.

We may need to spend time to consider and implement this. In the recent releases, we will keep the design of the search tab, for the time being. The new change we can continue discussing in #3564, thank you.