microsoft / microsoft/CmdPalGitHubExtension
Improve search string experience
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A pull request for this has already been merged.
- #158 by @lauren-ciha — merged
Area-UX
Issue-Task
Needs UX
- Dominant language
- C#
- Stars
- 88
- Forks
- 13
- Avg merge
- 1h 1m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 1
Description
Currently, users can type or copy/paste in a query string from github.com and add it as a saved search.
Here are some ideas for improvements:
- auto-suggest (especially if there's an enum involved like item type)
- highlighting the key words in the query the way GitHub does
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing merged pull request #158 and compare its changes with the two ideas in this issue: query auto-suggestions, especially for enum values, and GitHub-style keyword highlighting. Done would require a decided scope and verification that the selected search improvements work for typed or pasted GitHub queries and saved searches.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 15/100