[Bug 1671834] Re: [unity8] searching in app drawer with a lot of apps can make you type a lot
It appears that we match word prefixes only (which is arguably a good choice): "ath" does not find "LibreOffice Math", but "math" does. However there are some cases where U8's implementation is annoying. Example: Search "si" Unity7 returns: "Simple Scan", "Universal Access", "Disk Usage Analyzer", "Passwords and Keys". Unity8 returns: "P: Password...", "S: Simple Scan", "U: Universal..." So Unity7 is returning the more useful result first, but it's still not perfect. I would have said the perfect answer would be to only return "Simple Scan" for "si". If we did that then the alphabetical split would not matter (only one result returned). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1671834 Title: [unity8] searching in app drawer with a lot of apps can make you type a lot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1671834/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1671834] Re: [unity8] searching in app drawer with a lot of apps can make you type a lot
** Tags added: unity8-desktop -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1671834 Title: [unity8] searching in app drawer with a lot of apps can make you type a lot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1671834/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1671834] Re: [unity8] searching in app drawer with a lot of apps can make you type a lot
also if i search for a substring it doesn't seem to find anything, search "imple" @mzanetti not sure, maybe something like @saviq in unity7/dash i only need to type "s" to see SimpleScreenRecorder in the screen and "si" to be the first match, buh in unity8 is with alphabet and stuff it's nothing wrong with the search as it is now, it's just more typing than on unity7 ** Attachment added: "s.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1671834/+attachment/4835349/+files/s.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1671834 Title: [unity8] searching in app drawer with a lot of apps can make you type a lot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1671834/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1671834] Re: [unity8] searching in app drawer with a lot of apps can make you type a lot
I suppose we could prioritize the results that *begin* with the search string. If we keep the alphabetical split, we'd need a separate section at the top or so. ** Also affects: ubuntu-ux Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1671834 Title: [unity8] searching in app drawer with a lot of apps can make you type a lot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1671834/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1671834] Re: [unity8] searching in app drawer with a lot of apps can make you type a lot
so right now, it searches for the application's name and keywords (from the .desktop file) to contain the search string... This seems to make sense to me... what would you suggest how searching should behave? ** Changed in: unity8 (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Michael Zanetti (mzanetti) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1671834 Title: [unity8] searching in app drawer with a lot of apps can make you type a lot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1671834/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1671834] Re: [unity8] searching in app drawer with a lot of apps can make you type a lot
** Attachment added: "screenshot20170310_161352516.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1671834/+attachment/4835312/+files/screenshot20170310_161352516.png ** Also affects: unity8 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1671834 Title: [unity8] searching in app drawer with a lot of apps can make you type a lot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1671834/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
