On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 4:01:54 PM UTC+2 David Gifford wrote: 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? >
I think this should be possible. ... The whole search behaviour has grown organically. I think nobody requested it in a reasonable interesting way. ... I personally did create the advanced-search-plus (ASP) plugin, which perfectly fits my needs. .. So I don't have the desire to create new stuff as long as the existing behaviour is "just good enough" ;) > 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. > That was 1 reason, why I did create ASP plugin. > 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. > IMO Nobody requested it. But it seems to make sense. > I would love to hear your input: > Do you agree with me? > yes > Why or why not? If so, should this be core pull request or a plugin? > hmmm, That's a difficult question. ... You are a very advanced user already. So your desire IMO is very different to novice users. > What are the reasons $:/AdvancedSearch is set up backwards? > It has been implemented that way and it did make sense. I think nobody questioned it since now. > Technical limitations? Workflow-related? > No ... It was developed that way and it worked. ... just good enough ;) > What are the ways you work around these limitations? > As I wrote: advanced search plus plugin <https://wikilabs.github.io/editions/advanced-search-plus/>. ... There is a video on the plugin page. In combination with the "link-to-tabs" plugin it solves all my dev needs. have fun! mario -- 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/0573053e-f885-46fa-8c93-89a4ee5410cdn%40googlegroups.com.
