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Converting this to a discussion for now as I want to throw a few ideas out there. I actually thought about a global search bar initially but I decided to go with contextual search (the search bar basically acting as a filter) because 1) it was easier to build :) and 2) I thought it's a better UI for when you have more than a few results in your search. (i.e. if I search say "Bach" in albums view I can scroll through dozens of results) First a note that, if staying with the contextual search design, I will definitely add a search bar to the artists, playlists, and songs page (once it exists) as well. So, a few questions:
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Navidrome has a separate songs category so album search is separated and doesn't show results for tracks and vice versa.
That's a bit of a tall order but a simple checkbox for each button in settings would be great. |
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Thanks for your detailed feedback! I created issue #115 to track adding the search bar to the other pages. As far as customizing the navigation buttons, it should definitely be doable to add a checkbox to enable/disable each individually, though I have a few other features I want to work on ahead of that. Top of my list right now is adding a dropdown to the settings dialog to choose the output audio device. |
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Just my 2c: an OK implementation of this is the Tempo app: they have a universal search bar, and they've implemented type-ahead to suggest what you may have meant (pretty bog standard, though works very well.) You also have search history, so pretty similar to YouTube [Music] overall. The only downside is you have to click (for example) the track title, and then click it again in the results. I do prefer how Supersonic handles that part of the experience (of course, they are a bit space-constrained, so Supersonic has the opportunity to present more metadata at once :D) Here's an example of Tempo, for reference:
IME: It works well, but I think at that point it would be handy to show the matched song instead of having to click and scroll through the album. That might just be me being lazy, though.
The design works way better than a sidebar: you've got much more room for content. Aside from a few stand-outs (the playlist and now playing icons aren't the most clear), of course. I think the only thing I would change re: the navigation buttons is having the "selected" one highlighted, which would reinforce the relationship between each button and the page it represents. The contextual search thing does seem quite tricky to solve without being confusing, though I'm not a designer. I see a few paths you could take:
Apologies for the brain dump, though I hope my many many hours of using Supersonic can contribute in some meaningful way :-) (Obligatory shill: Tempo seems to be the new kid on the block, but it's a very well-rounded app. Mostly stable, great UI and amazing experience.) |
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I would like to propose adding the standard shortcut for focusing search Ctrl+F - this would make search quicker to access for me. |
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I propose moving all search bars to the top navigation bar (right side next to settings) for easy access.
Let us also search tracks/artists/playlists.
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