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alexpdraper
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Please add possibility for the search, to
- persist the search term until manually deleted vs. clear it every time the popup closes
- use regular expressions vs. current search by edit distance
- allow addressing certain fields of a link
Example: time: 9pm-10pm AND title: ^hello\s*world$
The search term should persist until cleared / changed. Newly added links should only show up, if matching the search criteria. This will focus on the current task at hand, while still allowing to add any interesting but offtopic links for later.
Follow-up of #51
I think for most of our users the search you described would be more complex than what they’re looking for. Even as someone who knows how to write regular expressions I wouldn’t want to have to use them in the search.
Instead of the search being a “find something quickly” it would turn into “filter my list.” That’s not necessarily bad, but I’m not sure that’s what we’re looking for. Maybe having the advanced search be a setting—I’m not convinced there’s demand for it though.
How about a mimimal xmas present, to persist the search term until the field is cleared?
current behavior:
- type some text into the filter
- select one link
- retype same text again
- select next link
desired behavior:
- type some text into the filter
- select one link
- reopen popup - filter is still set as left before
- select next link
It's not about persisting to disk and not about restoring tomorrow after reboot, but a little more preservation between multiple invocations of the popup in the same session.
I know for me, keeping the search term would be a downside. If I’m searching it’s probably for a specific thing—otherwise I’ll just hold the modifier key and open a few in new tabs and then close the list. I don’t want to have to delete search terms every time.
Am I the exception or the rule? If this becomes more requested we could look into it.