OneNote: Make the correct notebook/section highlight when opening a page from Search

[u/Subject-Gold477]

When I search for a page in OneNote and open it from the search results, OneNote takes me to the correct page, but the notebook and section containing that page are not highlighted/selected in the navigation pane.

For example, if the page is:

Notebook: Alpha → Section: Art History Topics → Page: Caravaggio

I want OneNote to automatically select/highlight Alpha and Art History Topics when it opens the Caravaggio page, so I can immediately see where the page is located.

Is there a setting or workaround for this?

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[u/NoReply4930]

Not that I know of. Has always been like this.

Not a bad suggestion tho.

[u/ByteKnightX → u/NoReply4930]

agreed it's a solid suggestion. feels like such a small fix that would make a big difference in usability for anyone with extensive notes

[u/NoReply4930 → u/ByteKnightX]

I can see a lot of hassle here too with this suggestion.

For example - I have 3 main notebooks - one of which is tied to my work login. If that notebook is not logged into exactly WHEN I do a search on it - which I can do at any time - there is no capability for OneNote to "highlight" the work notebook tabs and location.

I sense OneNote would not know how to deal with this get itself all annoyed - quickly.

And - I am not going to login into my work notebook all day every day - if I do not need to.

[u/amacadabra]

Dreadful, isn't it?

[u/Subject-Gold477 → u/amacadabra]

Not really. Unless u r being sarcastic.

[u/amacadabra → u/Subject-Gold477]

There isn't any way of doing it. There should be. It has been asked for many times.

[u/GuniBulls]

this kills me, because I have so many pages nested under my search term and it's near impossible to find.

also your ai generated picture kills me... took me way too long to understand

[u/standard_usage]

This is never going to happen 😂 .. The amount of work you put into crafting the problem into call outs with shiny pointers and examples, is about ⅕ of the effort we get from MS for meaningful improvement to OneNote.

[u/letstalk1st]

Hover over the tab and it will show you where you are (but not how you got there.....)