Like you, @David : i rely heavily on $:/AdvancedSearch -but that is often a 2nd step, after i first 'dump the search term' into the default searchbar, i will then click the magnifier icon beside to look into the other tabs provided by #:/AdvancedSearch. I guess this the search workflow on which the UI design is predicated; works well enough for an "advanced beginner" like myself (i.e. one who is usually looking for content, but does fairly often need to retrieve the code behind it), but for a bonafide developer like yourself, i can see how this 3-step workflow might be suboptimal.
/walt On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 3:01:54 PM UTC+1 David Gifford wrote: > Hi everyone > > I am playing with the field-search plugin by PMario, and seeing how search > results for a simple search come up in tabs one can pick from. > > This made me wonder, why couldn't there be something similar: do a search > from the default searchbar, and have standard, system and shadow come up as > tabs? > > This seems like it would be much more intuitive for users: search, then > filter results. As it stands, $:/AdvancedSearch does the opposite: it makes > you pick a type of search (standard, system, shadow, filter) first, and > only then can you do the search. The search string you want to enter may or > may not stay in your short term memory while you are figuring out which > type of search you want to do. It seems like it would be a better user > experience to 'dump' the search term first, then figure out which tab you > want. > > On the same subject, Why is there no comparable "recent" tab for system > tiddlers? It seems like developers would benefit greatly having something > like that open as they work on macros, styling, buttons, etc. > > I would love to hear your input: > Do you agree with me? Why or why not? If so, should this be core pull > request or a plugin? > What are the reasons $:/AdvancedSearch is set up backwards? Technical > limitations? Workflow-related? > What are the ways you work around these limitations? > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/8a1a656e-a676-449b-965b-f17876705c1cn%40googlegroups.com.
