Bug 375222 - Add filter bar or "filter as you type" to Folder View widget
Summary: Add filter bar or "filter as you type" to Folder View widget
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Folder (show other bugs)
Version: 5.8.5
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Eike Hein
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Reported: 2017-01-18 09:49 UTC by Michael D
Modified: 2021-04-13 18:03 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Michael D 2017-01-18 09:49:31 UTC
It would be nice to have a filter bar or a method of filtering-as-you-type when opening a folder view widget. Suppose I have a widget that opens folder X which contains a lot of files. It would be nice after opening/focusing the folder view widget if one could start typing to filter for the desired file.
Comment 1 Eike Hein 2017-01-18 13:47:21 UTC
Nice idea. Are you interested in working on that, perhaps?
Comment 2 Michael D 2017-01-19 09:34:21 UTC
Unfortunately not, as I'm just a lowly user with no spare time (except to report wishes and bugs).
Comment 3 Eike Hein 2017-01-19 12:03:14 UTC
No problem, thanks! :)
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2018-03-02 23:16:49 UTC
Sounds like you would be better off just navigating to ~/Desktop in Dolphin and using its own built-in filter feature.
Comment 5 Michael D 2018-03-03 01:48:39 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #4)
> Sounds like you would be better off just navigating to ~/Desktop in Dolphin
> and using its own built-in filter feature.

I don't see why. I have numerous folder widgets in my panel with a lot of files, and it's way faster to pop it open and find a file by filtering than navigating to dolphin, opening the file, potentially moving the window to the correct virtual desktop, etc.
Comment 6 Michael D 2021-04-13 07:33:54 UTC
One more thought: klipper and the wifi widget both have a nice search bar in the header. Would be nice to see this coem to the folder widget for filtering files.
Comment 7 Nate Graham 2021-04-13 16:40:17 UTC
I can see the utility for the widget version. Less so for the desktop containment version. :)
Comment 8 Michael D 2021-04-13 16:47:28 UTC
I somehow had not even thought about the desktop version! Can a widget possess a certain property on the desktop but not the panel?
Comment 9 Nate Graham 2021-04-13 18:03:36 UTC
Yep. :)