Heya,

I'll summarize my idea by dividing it into three parts.


Background:
This idea is designed to optimize the search bar function on the trading grounds in order to unlock it's full potential.
I personally thought about this idea whilst browsing and using the D2:R forums, but I could imagine the trading grounds of other games would benefit from this idea as well.

I am constantly using the search bar-function in the D2:R forums in order to get an overview of the current market price for any specific item.
By doing that and comparing a lot of topics in a rather short amount of time, the likelihood of getting an actually good deal based on my experience is increased vastly as compared to you trying your luck just by refreshing the page and hoping the item you're looking for randomly pops up.



Current status:
No filtering option on the search bar.



Main potential: all threads which are listed as "for trade", iso", "price checks" and "services" are scattered. As a result you have to do a lot of scrolling in order to find what you're actually looking for.
Furthermore, if you're specifically looking for threads of one of these categories, your only indication is the small .jpg-icon on the far left side (e.g. the "forum gold" icon for threads which enlist "ft" items), as not every topic title is uniquely and self explanatory.



Target state:
Added filtering option on the search bar (behold my insane Paint-skills).



The use case for this optimization is: say you're trying to sell an enigma (an item on D2:r) and you're trying to get a quick market overview of it's current worth, then you could just:
- type in "enigma" in the search bar
- filter to "ft" in order to get specifically only the topics of people who are offering it
- easily be able to compare prices and adjust your own price accordingly.


Looking forward to your feedback.

Best,
CK

This already works, first select FT then do your search. The results will only be FT, same works if you first select ISO then do your search.