Improve feedback on invalid search queries
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- JavaScript
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Description
There is currently no way to hint the user about a possible mistyped search query. https://github.com/nextcloud/deck/pull/2934#discussion_r611616150
For the deck search itself we can use our own API endpoint and return information about the query failure but for the unified search there is currently no way of passing further information to the UI. This would also be nice to give the user a hint about the possible filters that are available.
Contributor guide
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
Read the linked pull-request discussion first, then trace Deck's search API endpoint and the unified-search UI path. Determine how invalid queries are reported in each context and whether filter hints can reach the UI. Done means users receive useful feedback for failed searches, with available-filter guidance where supported.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100