elementary / elementary/code

Fuzzy Find icon in the sidebar

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Needs Design Priority: Wishlist
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Description

### Problem

There's currently no way to get the file finder (fuzzy find) dialog with the mouse. And no way to discover the shortcut in the UI without going to the addons page

### Proposal

Put a search icon in the sidebar that opens the popover?

### Prior Art (Optional)

We do this with sidebar items in Settings

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Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start with the existing file-finder (fuzzy find) dialog and the sidebar items in Settings, using the proposal and prior-art screenshot as the UI reference. Add a discoverable search icon that opens the file-finder popover, then verify that it works with the mouse and exposes the shortcut in the editor UI.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
desktop, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
68/100

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