Use virtual scrolling for unified search results
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enhancement
feature: search
- Dominant language
- PHP
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Description
Currently we render all search results returned by a search provider immediately. That can lead to performance issues when a large number of items is returned. We should try to make sure that not all elements are directly rendered, e.g. by using virtual scrolling, for providers that don't support pagination.
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
Start by locating the unified search result rendering path and reviewing the referenced spreed issue for context. Identify providers without pagination, then verify that large result sets do not render every item immediately while preserving usable search results.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend, performance, search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100