Saved Searches in toolbars & menus, including favourites

[un_pogaz]

Originally Posted by chaley

On the other hand, the current implementation takes more menu space -- in effect two lines per search for searches that exist as bare and with children. This is the situation @ownedbycats is seeing.

Yep, but that point only comes up if you specifically create a root element. So it's easy for the user to choose between having 2 lines or slightly renaming the root to make it a child depending on what they think is most relevant to this search.

foo , foo.search1 , foo.search2 => foo.All , foo.search1 , foo.search2

This kind of small subtlety, even if it comes from constraint, are a good plus once understood.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by un_pogaz

Yep, but that point only comes up if you specifically create a root element. So it's easy for the user to choose between having 2 lines or slightly renaming the root to make it a child depending on what they think is most relevant to this search.

foo , foo.search1 , foo.search2 => foo.All , foo.search1 , foo.search2

For one specific case, I have a 'Cleanup' search that encompasses several subsearches, which also execute subsearches — it's less cumbersome than all queries in one search, and lets me narrow down issues.

(search:"=Cleanup.Identifier Issues")
OR (search:"=Cleanup.Misc Issues")
OR (search:"=Cleanup.Missing Metadata")

If I wished to avoid double-entries, that means I couldn't just click on 'Cleanup' or 'Cleanup.Missing Metadata' and would have to instead check all of these individually for issues:

Cleanup.Identifier Issues.Convert ISBN-10s
Cleanup.Identifier Issues.Missing ao3: Identifier
Cleanup.Identifier Issues.Missing ffnet: identifier
Cleanup.Identifier Issues.Missing gutenberg: identifier
Cleanup.Identifier Issues.Missing odid: identifier
Cleanup.Identifier Issues.Missing standard: identifier
Cleanup.Misc Issues.Errored Fanfics
Cleanup.Misc Issues.Has Cleanup tag
Cleanup.Misc Issues.Has original_epub
Cleanup.Misc Issues.Incomplete fanfics
Cleanup.Misc Issues.Incorrect #kobopath
Cleanup.Misc Issues.No Formats
Cleanup.Missing Metadata.Missing Book Type
Cleanup.Missing Metadata.Missing Chapter Count
Cleanup.Missing Metadata.Missing Kobo Fields
Cleanup.Missing Metadata.Missing Language
Cleanup.Missing Metadata.Missing Page Count
Cleanup.Missing Metadata.Missing Tags

[chaley]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

For one specific case, I have a 'Cleanup' search that encompasses several subsearches, which also execute subsearches — it's less cumbersome than all queries in one search, and lets me narrow down issues.

(search:"=Cleanup.Identifier Issues")
OR (search:"=Cleanup.Misc Issues")
OR (search:"=Cleanup.Missing Metadata")

If I wished to avoid double-entries, that means I couldn't just click on 'Cleanup' or 'Cleanup.Missing Metadata' and would have to instead check all of these individually for issues:

He is suggesting that the top-level "Cleanup" search be renamed "Cleanup.All" (or some such). This would move the search into the menu instead of it being duplicated at the top level. By picking the right name it would also appear at the top of the list. Instead of this


you would get this


This method puts the results in the hands of the user, getting the layout you want.

[ownedbycats]

That makes sense.

[ownedbycats]

Here's what I did:


A thought: would it make sense to sort folders and searches pesarately, similar to how Windows Explorer handles folders and files? On one hand, it makes sense, but on the other it means the user can't order it the way they want by manipulating the names. (I'm not inclined one way or the other.)

Also, just curious: Is it possible for me to override folder_saved_search.png for only the menu options and not the toolbar buttons? I find it hard to look at scaled down—it's probably designed for light mode.

[Terisa de morgan]

Rereading this thread, I've remembered that I can remove a plugin I copied (it was posted in the forum) aegons ago, for adding saved searches to book context menu. Thank you (I already have a lot of plugins, if I can remove one it's fine).

[chaley]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

A thought: would it make sense to sort folders and searches pesarately, similar to how Windows Explorer handles folders and files? On one hand, it makes sense, but on the other it means the user can't order it the way they want by manipulating the names. (I'm not inclined one way or the other.)

This isn't something I want to do. Cans of worms, No good deed goes unpunished, etc.

Also, just curious: Is it possible for me to override folder_saved_search.png for only the menu options and not the toolbar buttons? I find it hard to look at scaled down—it's probably designed for light mode.

No. it gets the icon from the theme, dark or light. I don't want to introduce another icon for the same thing. You can of course change the icon in the dark theme to something more to your liking, but it will be shown in both places.

[ownedbycats]

Yeah, that's what I figured. I'll just track down an icon that doesn't hurt my eyes as much. Or just tweak the colours of the existing one and drop it in overrides.

[ownedbycats]

I copied the shades from the 'edit metadata' and 'get books' buttons. Less painful.