jiri wrote:1. This happens with "Show all nodes" script installed, but will be fixed.
Maybe I don't understand what you are saying, but just to be clear ... I haven't installed any optional scripts.
jiri wrote:
re. Search suggestions - when the edit line is empty, dropdown shows recent searches and when you start typing, it shows searches that start with that letter(s). Isn't it this way for you?
I see how it works now.
I didn't see that before because the current search string is never cleared. eg:
* press the magnifying glass search icon
* type a search string
* display is filtered as expected
* change scope, ie click Home, or Music, or one of your custom indices
* the search control snaps shut, but the current search string is not emptied
* go back into search some time later, the old string is still there ... (it even survives a MM reboot)
* press it's down arrow, only the current string is in the list (because it is filtered as you described)
* you need to clear the search string, by backspacing or something, before you can see the list of previous search strings
It would help if you cleared the current search string when someone explicitly changes scope or reboots
jiri wrote:
re. Search scope - we tried to make this clear by showing the Search in the very top right, unlike e.g. Filtering, which is aligned to the main view (when Now Playing right panel is shown). But I guess that e.g. a tooltip could make this even clearer.
I "now" know how it is supposed to work, but I still think that it is initially potentially a confusing UI decision.
eg:
* go into some custom filtered index
* then type a search string, ie. without opening the search widget
* what happens is that the search widget auto-opens, and the characters that you typed appear in there
* and the search results are filtered by the scope of the custom index
Now do this:
* clear out the search string
* go back into the custom index
* manually open the same search widget, and type the same search string
* the results are not filtered by the custom index
It is great once you know what to expect, but the extra flexibility makes the UI more complex IMO.
And there is no great gain, because scope can easily be set by the Media Tree
Nothing else in that top line changes scope.
If the search icon is going to change scope, it would be clearer sitting alongside the other things which change scope, ie. in the Media Tree.
[quote="jiri"]1. This happens with "Show all nodes" script installed, but will be fixed.[/quote]
Maybe I don't understand what you are saying, but just to be clear ... I haven't installed any optional scripts.
[quote="jiri"]
re. Search suggestions - when the edit line is empty, dropdown shows recent searches and when you start typing, it shows searches that start with that letter(s). Isn't it this way for you?[/quote]
I see how it works now.
I didn't see that before because the current search string is never cleared. eg:
* press the magnifying glass search icon
* type a search string
* display is filtered as expected
* change scope, ie click Home, or Music, or one of your custom indices
* the search control snaps shut, but the current search string is not emptied
* go back into search some time later, the old string is still there ... (it even survives a MM reboot)
* press it's down arrow, only the current string is in the list (because it is filtered as you described)
* you need to clear the search string, by backspacing or something, before you can see the list of previous search strings
It would help if you cleared the current search string when someone explicitly changes scope or reboots
[quote="jiri"]
re. Search scope - we tried to make this clear by showing the Search in the very top right, unlike e.g. Filtering, which is aligned to the main view (when Now Playing right panel is shown). But I guess that e.g. a tooltip could make this even clearer.[/quote]
I "now" know how it is supposed to work, but I still think that it is initially potentially a confusing UI decision.
eg:
* go into some custom filtered index
* then type a search string, ie. without opening the search widget
* what happens is that the search widget auto-opens, and the characters that you typed appear in there
* and the search results are filtered by the scope of the custom index
Now do this:
* clear out the search string
* go back into the custom index
* manually open the same search widget, and type the same search string
* the results are not filtered by the custom index
It is great once you know what to expect, but the extra flexibility makes the UI more complex IMO.
And there is no great gain, because scope can easily be set by the Media Tree
Nothing else in that top line changes scope.
If the search icon is going to change scope, it would be clearer sitting alongside the other things which change scope, ie. in the Media Tree.