Unified search for files: ignore hidden files
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0. Needs triage
enhancement
feature: search
- Dominant language
- PHP
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Description
On client side we can specify if we want to show/hide hidden files.
Imagine you have 10 files with ".test1-10" (hidden files)
- search for term "test"
- client will get 10 files via API
- client will not show this 10 files
- user has to click "search more" to get 10 others
Things already thought about
- client could check send a second request, if first is after filtering <10 files
- client could always show hidden files -> bad UX
An option/flag "showHiddenFiles" would be very nice.
@PVince81
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Research direction
Start by tracing the client-side hidden-file filtering and the file search API described in the issue. Define the behavior for a showHiddenFiles option, including searches where hidden results fill the API limit, and verify that users can retrieve the expected visible results without repeated manual requests.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, php
- Domain
- api, backend, search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100