Turn the result of a "filter" into a selection
What I want to do:
1. Enter a filter
2. Turn the result into a selection
3. Operate on the selection
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Adminsashika (Admin, Checkvist) commented
@Xavier the Hawk-Eye :)
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Xavier B commented
Isn't that already done? Ctrl+A no longer selects the intermediate nodes :)
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Valtteri, thank you for the suggestion. This approach may work, but so far I'm reluctant to create a row of icons in the search field.
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Valtteri Vanhala commented
This feature would be immensely powerful for editing multiple items at once.
I have a suggestion for the discoverability issue: Add an icon in the search box before the closing x for the action to turn search results into a selection.
This way there is a visual cue that would hint at the feature but it would be subtle and not disturbing. The hover on that icon could then teach the shortcut just like the closing x does. It could say for example "Select highlighted [sh]"
The icon could be the same you use for bulk operations on the reference page. (Font awesome icon-sort-by-attributes-alt "\f161")
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Ralf Hauber commented
I agree. It's similar to ENTER ENTER and ESC ESC. The information icon in the filter textbox is helpful, but not a universal solution.
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Good idea, thanks! There is a couple of problems, though:
- how to accomplish this (ok, this could be a keyboard shortcut)
- how to make this feature discoverable (this is a more serious one, because adding a feature nobody will know about is not a good thing). Keyboard shortcuts are difficult to discover.Thanks again,
KIR