Search Function within Categories

[axecity]

Hi, it would help a lot if searches in Reviewpost would encapsulate all of the categories below the current position in the category tree. Currently if you are on the main page and do a search then the results include the contents of all subcategories or ALL in the data base. The problem is if you open a category from HOME that has sub categories within it, the same search will report no products found even though there are matches in the subcategories. The reason being the search is tied to the index of the category which itself has no products (only sub categories).

eg. search on SRV

category/product result
----------------------------------------------------------
home 4 items *this is ok
-fender CAT1 NO items found *should be 1 found
--electric CAT2 1 item found
---SRV GUITAR (product)
--acoustic CAT3
--bass CAT4
-gibson CAT5
-prs CAT6
-dvd CAT7 NO items * should be 3 found
--instructional CAT8 2 Items found *this is ok
---SRV DVD1 (product)
---SRV DVD2 (product)
--entertainment CAT9 1 Item found * this is ok
---SRV MOVIE (product)

I apologize for the crude example but it may help make my point.
Maybe there is a fix for this already or maybe you can suggest a simple one?

Thanks
Richard