It seems like a no brainer that if you want to search in the current forum, there should be a button at the top that says “Search Current Forum”. Instead there is only a link to the full search page, which requires searching for the forum name (!) before searching the forum.
I would have searched for this suggestion but it was too much hassle.
Seconded. The search isn’t the most user-friendly right now. The only option is a full advanced search.
The “Search this thread…” box should be replaced with a quick search input box at the top of the page which has a drop down next to it indicating where to search (E.g. This thread, This forum, All forums).
Thanks for the feedback! We will take this into consideration for future touch-ups to the forums.