Bugzilla – Bug 5974
Default skin: Make a search box visible at all times
Last modified: 2007-12-27 13:39:14 UTC
Can we puuurrrrllleeease have a search box visible at *all* times? Either in the Dark Grey block (where it says "Home", "My Music" etc) Or in the top section (where the Squeezecenter logo is) I cue up most of my music by searching and, having previously used fishbone, I find it very clunky having trawl through the menu to find a search box.
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Consider searching through your library and building a playlist. With the search form where it is, this process looks like this: Goto SC home (or My Music Move the mouse over "Search Music" so search box appears Move mouse along to search box Click to get focus on search box Type in search terms (hit enter) Drill down into search results (e.g. into an album) Add Song to Playlist (you are now in Home>My Music>Albums>[album name]) Repeat from start If the search box were permanently displayed at the top somewhere, the process would look more like this: Click in search box Type in search terms (hit enter) Drill down into search results (e.g. into an album) Add Song to Playlist Repeat from start Much easier.
for a while, it was in the header when in My Music (near where the artwork/sort selection is) that might be one idea.
Here's another idea: Currently, the search box pops up when you hover over "search" in the menu tree. I thought when I first saw this that it was a strange place to put it and, as this enhancement request says, I'd like it to be permanently present at the top somewhere. Well, how about moving it to the top, but only showing it when the mouse moves over it? That would keep the interface uncluttered (which seems to be a design goal) but also make the search box available at all times. Thoughts?
(In reply to comment #4) > Well, how about moving it to the top, but only showing it when the mouse moves > over it? > That would keep the interface uncluttered (which seems to be a design goal) but > also make the search box available at all times. > Thoughts? Something like the basic search in vBulletin forums (see Slim Devices forums) is what you're talking about. Requires a click to open the search box, which I prefer. How about a magnifying glass icon (standard in a lot of interfaces for Search) at either the top or bottom of the page? Couldn't get much less obtrusive than that. Add a tooltip of "Search Music Library) on mouseover. Click the icon and it slides a search input box. After entering search terms, either hit enter or click the magnifying glass to start the search.
Yes, that would work for me I really do think that search should be more prominent that it is now. If you read any useability guides for web interfaces they recommend that search is easy to find, usually in the top right (admittedly they're usually talking about websites).