Redmine

Actually, you don't see these checkboxes when you search inside a project.

• http://www.redmine.org/search/index/redmine doesn't show the 'Documents' checkbox since this module is disabled on this project
• http://www.redmine.org/search shows the 'Documents' checkbox (global search)

2 solutions for the global search:

• check if at least one project has the module to display the checkbox
• let the administrator choose what can be searched in the global search (and maybe which boxes are checked by default)

What do you think ?

"let the administrator choose what can be searched in the global search (and maybe which boxes are checked by default)"

That looks like the best option to me - selection and checked by default. Though wondering if that potentially could cause issues - no perhaps not if everything is checked by default.