Search: which infos should be shown

[tobiasKaminsky]

From nextcloud/android#3331 we should discuss this for all clients.

Android / web ui

Android / ios

• size
• date
• no path

web ui

• no size
• no date
• path

I think that on mobile client also the size should be shown as it matters if you download 5mb or 50mb.
Date should also be shown always as for similar named files it is a good indicator.

--> show all 3 params on all platforms?

@nextcloud/designers
@marinofaggiana

[skjnldsv]

Be careful about this screenshot because this is not the proper search. This is the results from the global search.
See #9917

[tobiasKaminsky]

Hm, it is the only thing I have ;-)
What would change if we have a file "only" search?

[skjnldsv]

No idea, we have to discuss what kind of output we want when searching files.
Only the current folder (all my files browsers do that), full recursive search (windows?)
Put the unified search in the header like #9917 says? And then what do we do on mobiles, recursive? just the view?

I have no idea, I did not thought about this yet :)
@jancborchardt

[tobiasKaminsky]

So currently it is a filtering of current folder + with a bit of delay a sever wide search.
I think this is also what we should do on mobile. In most of the times you are already in the correct folder, but you are too lazy to manually find the correct file.

My idea:

• filtering in current folder
• with a bit of delay a server wide file search with
  • file name
  • file size
  • modification date
  • location / remote path

[marinofaggiana]

yes, I am agree, the search view should be revisited

[jancborchardt]

Showing all 3 things is a bit much.

For results from the local folder, we can show the entries just like they appear in the normal view. That means:

• Server: Filename on the left, modified date and size on right (or not at all on small screens)
• Mobile apps: Filename in first row, and modified date + size in second row

For results from other folders, we should show the path. Most probably in place of the metadata like size and path. We could think about prepending the size on the left since it generally stays short.

[skjnldsv]

Closing?

[tobiasKaminsky]

Yes, we get all info now via unified search and UI should follow server.