zed-industries
searching for an extension should also scan through extension descriptions
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Describe the feature
Currently, when searching for an extension in the store, let's say a theme called some theme with some description like some theme | monochrome theme, I expect that some theme should appear as part of results if I search for the term monochrome but currently it does otherwise
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To take things a step furher, I think it would be cool for Zed extension search to support some sort of query syntax, where you could type author: nathansobo and see any extension created by Nathan, or description: ..., to filter by description. That might provide a tiny bit of friction on top of what you are proposing, as it means you'd have to intentionally filter the search based on those fields, but it would allow for more fine-grain control over the search.
To take things a step furher, I think it would be cool for Zed extension search to support some sort of query syntax, where you could type
author: nathansoboand see any extension created by Nathan, ordescription: ..., to filter by description. That might provide a tiny bit of friction on top of what you are proposing, as it means you'd have to intentionally filter the search based on those fields, but it would allow for more fine-grain control over the search.
I think this might be over kill/extended btw. What if users can search for any term that scans through the title, desc, and author name? this might be more than enough IMO
@JosephTLyons what's your updated suggestion on this.. I'd like to work on this next weekend when I'm free!
@JosephTLyons what's your updated suggestion on this.. I'd like to work on this next weekend when I'm free!
Hi @borngraced! I'm working at Zed with Joseph on community things. I think adding description to extension search would definitely help discoverability. Maybe someday a more robust query syntax will be a priority, but simply description would go a long way. Give it a whirl and see how it goes.
See also:
- https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/14588
- https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/14591
To take things a step furher, I think it would be cool for Zed extension search to support some sort of query syntax, where you could type
author: nathansoboand see any extension created by Nathan, ordescription: ..., to filter by description.
I agree, but let's not add complications that cause this to be delayed. Adding the description should be pretty quick, and it's kind of painful not to have it 😉.
I think it would be better to split the query syntax into a separate item.
