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Describe the request

Hello!

I'd like to typeahead the keyword new or compose into the GNOME overview search field, and one of the options would be a link to open tuba's compose dialog and toot a new toot

Similarly, i'd like to typeahead notifications to go to my tuba notifications, etc.

Other keywords for this issue

activities, search, overview

Implementation Details

• [X] This follows the GNOME HIG.

I don't think the "overview search" is the best place for it to be honest. (I don't have much experience with search providers so take the following with a grain of salt) From my understanding, search providers are meant to return results and not actions. For example Clocks will return worldwide clocks rather than "New Timer" and Files will return files rather than "Create a new folder". There's an overhead too, all apps that are search providers get spawned on keypress (usually).

I think a better place for these actions would be the context menu,

like frog

or browsers

Something like:

• Compose
• Mark notifications as read

And a "places" section if possible

• Home
• Notifications
• Conversations ...

That would require either mouse pointer or lots of tabbing though