[Bug 149555] New: always present search box instead of search by right-clicking and selecting simple or advanced search

[alexander lind]

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           Summary: always present search box instead of search by right-
                    clicking and selecting simple or advanced search
           Product: digikam
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: malte webstay org


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.6)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

I think the search interface would be much nicer if the search box was just always present (and advanced options could be accessible via a show/hide advanced options selection), instead of you having to right-click and select what kind of search you want to perform.
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[Gilles Caulier-4]

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------- Additional Comments From caulier.gilles gmail com  2007-09-05 08:03 -------
It's a duplicate. Please check if a similar entry already exist in B.K.O before to create a new one.

Gilles Caulier

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 133191 ***
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------- Additional Comments From arnd.baecker web de  2007-09-05 08:12 -------
Hi Gilles,

I don't think it is a duplicate!
Bug 133191 is about quick filtering for albums
(like we have it in the right-hand side "Comments/Tags" sidebar
and not about searches (though I would suggest such
a quick filter as well
This one is about improving the search interface.

Here are my comments/questions/suggestion to the original post:

What do you mean by "search interface" (the one obtained from
"Quick Search" or the one obtained from "Advanced Search")
or the left-hand search side-bar?
What do you mean by "always displayed" (and where?)

One option is:
Get rid of the simple search and replace this in the left-panel by
a text entry (above the list of searches)
   Search: [ ....]   [SAVE SEARCH]
typing anything into that field will act like the "Quick search",
but the result displayed in the view in the middle.
The button [SAVE SEARCH] allows to save this search
(No distinguishment between advanced and simple search should be
made, i.e. all searches will come out as advanced searches internally
and editing the saved search will come up with the edit tool
for the advanced search).
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------- Additional Comments From malte webstay org  2007-09-05 17:53 -------
Hi guys

Sorry, I could have been a little more descriptive. I don't think this is a dupe of the amarok-like search wish.

When you click on the 'searches' tab on the far left hand side, you get a blank window basically, if you don't have any saved searches. I found this perplexing the first time I saw it, and assumed that search function was not yet implemented all the way. But I soon realized you had to right click in the left pane to select simple or advanced search.

What I would suggest, would be to display the search box inside the right pane, in the same space that the search result images will be displayed, but above them. I would get rid of the right-click popup window altogether.

This would be more intuitive I believe, as it mimics how most search engines work, online or offline.

May I ask what search engine you use under the hood?
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------- Additional Comments From arnd.baecker web de  2007-09-05 18:13 -------
I am not sure whether it is technically possible to add
a search box in the middle view; Gilles what do you think?
Surely doable should be the approach in #2.

For searches queries to digikam's sql database are used.
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------- Additional Comments From malte webstay org  2007-09-05 18:27 -------
I would recommend you consider using some ready made search engine, since sql lookups unfortunately can become a bit slow on large tables (when I'm done with my photo albums, it will have around 500k photos in thousands of albums! :). A favorite of mine is Xapian [http://www.xapian.org]

Perhaps I could submit a patch for this so you can test it, if I can find the time.
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------- Additional Comments From arnd.baecker web de  2007-09-05 22:59 -------
500k photos is a lot ;-) The number of images I have is an order of
magnitude smaller and I do not observe any delays from
database lookups. Anyway, this would be a separate BKO.
(Also note that in the transition to KDE4 a lot in connection with
the database has/will be changed, so I would recommend to discuss digikam-devel before).

If you want to provide a patch for a search-box
(integrating this in the side-bar seems simplest to me), this is very welcome!
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------- Additional Comments From malte webstay org  2007-09-06 19:57 -------
I will take a look at it when time allows... Would love to contribute something.
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------- Additional Comments From caulier.gilles gmail com  2008-04-23 11:10 -------
Malte,

Following recents progress into new Advanced Search tools from Marcel with KDE4 port, i close this file.

Search tools have been rewritten. Screenshots are available at this url:

http://digikam3rdparty.free.fr/Screenshots/NewSearchTools

Gilles Caulier
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