Submitted by Armando on 2015/03/11 02:01
(last contribution for tonight)
I don't thing that "fuzzy" search is needed here, but it would be great if pattern searching wasn't limited to the beginning of strings.
The add item dialog's field drop drop down does it and it's very convenient. 
 
E.g.: ideally typing "ect" in the Omnibox would show:
 
ECT
ECT2
ECT3
project
projects
electronics
 
Instead of only
 
ECT
ECT2
ECT3
 
(And -- of course -- typing further would reduce the options as it already does)
 
That kind of string search helps when you only remember a portion of the string, not the beginning, OR when several strings share the same suffix and you'd rather jump to the "radicaOrs
 
What do you think ?

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The Omnibox search algorithm works as follows:
  • For Views: Lists all views with names starting with the search string. Can precede with * to search anywhere in the name
  • For Commands: Lists all commands with names that include the search string (anywhere in the name)
  • If nothing is found, a search for items is performed
 

Armando

2015/03/17 13:54

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[quote=Pierre_Admin]
The Omnibox search algorithm works as follows:
  • For Views: Lists all views with names starting with the search string. Can precede with * to search anywhere in the name
  • For Commands: Lists all commands with names that include the search string (anywhere in the name)
  • If nothing is found, a search for items is performed
 
[/quote]
 
thanks Pierre. Sounds good.
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Pierre_Admin

2015/03/17 14:54

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In the next release, I've improved the algorithm to better handle the * prefix
 

Armando

2015/03/17 15:51

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[quote=Pierre_Admin]
In the next release, I've improved the algorithm to better handle the * prefix
 
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Thanks!

the Omnibox works great. It has replaced most menus here, and I'm even bypassing the  "Find" grid text box (Ctrl+F) by pressing enter after certain strings.
Wondering if aA "search" option in the drop down could send the string to the "find" grid regardless of the results in the omnibox?
 
Note : for certain commands (e.g. "Save as") it,s not obvious what menu they belong to,

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Windows 8.1
Sony Vaio S Series 13 (SVS131E21L)
Ram:8gb, CPU: Intel i5-3230M, 2.6ghz