Bug 497096

Summary:	Advanced-search sidebar panel AND Search Folder sidepanel
Product:	[Applications] okular	Reporter:	lybkexskmguugovejv
Component:	New backend wishes	Assignee:	Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	aacid, john.kizer
Priority:	NOR
Version:	24.08.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description lybkexskmguugovejv 2024-12-05 19:09:33 UTC

SUMMARY
"Advanced search" in the already existing sidebar panel as containing the previous and next words of the searched terms, like Foxit does. And, a simple "search in folder" for all documents in subfolders. 
Both are features lacking which makes me not even use okular. Preferring the firefox read-only.

I already described 5 more on:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496071
Which seems the 'settings slow load' was fixed. But the highlights are still very outdated, and doesn't seem to have improved usability, not even the bugs already mentioned.

Currently I'm using pdfgrep which is very impractical but completely adaptable in GUI. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. ctrl+F search anything
2. slow.
3. don't preview the words

OBSERVED RESULT
too simple to be this slow.

EXPECTED RESULT

An advanced search sidepanel containing every reincidence of the entire document, giving a customizable sequence of words before and after the searched term.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Opensuse
KDE Plasma Version: 6,8
Qt Version: 6,8

Comment 1 John Kizer 2024-12-16 20:08:30 UTC

Thanks for the bug report! Unfortunately it reports multiple distinct issues, which will make it not actionable. See https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Issue_Reporting#Multiple_issues_in_a_single_Bugzilla_ticket for more explanation.

Can I ask you to submit a new bug report for each specific issue? Thanks again!