Defect #5522: "search" form should have "all projects" and "my projects" - Redmine

Actions

Copy link

Defect #5522

closed

"search" form should have "all projects" and "my projects"

Added by Alex Last over 14 years ago. Updated almost 8 years ago.

Status:

Closed

Priority:

Normal

Assignee:

Category:

Target version:

Start date:

2010-05-13

Due date:

% Done:

Estimated time:

Resolution:

Fixed

Affected version:

Description

default search form located on every redmine page does not have "all projects" and "my projects" items in the drop-down:

the only way I see to search in all projects is to execute the search in 1 project only to get to this form, which does include what I need, then select "all" in the dropdown and repeat the same search:

this looks very confusing, so I mark this as "usability defect" rather than "new feature request".

please, enable cross-project search in the main search form. this can be achieved by adding "all projects" and "my projects" to the form.

Files

Download all files

all_projects.PNG (60.5 KB) all_projects.PNG		Alex Last, 2010-05-13 21:01
no_all_projects_item.PNG (32.6 KB) no_all_projects_item.PNG		Alex Last, 2010-05-13 21:01
jira_projects_navigation.png (14.7 KB) jira_projects_navigation.png		Alex Last, 2010-08-11 20:03
search-improvement-3.png (13.8 KB) search-improvement-3.png		dj jones, 2013-11-22 15:41

Related issues

Actions

Copy link

Updated by Jean-Baptiste Barth over 14 years ago

Priority changed from High to Normal

Are you suggesting we add these 2 items in the jump box but they don't lead anywhere if we click on them ? They're just here for searching purposes ? It may be more confusing no ?

Plus, cross-project search are already enabled : as soon as you're not inside a project, "Jump to a project..." is displayed in the jump menu, and the search is performed on all visible projects.

Actions

Copy link

Updated by Alex Last over 14 years ago

File jira_projects_navigation.png jira_projects_navigation.png added

The current interface is confusing. It's not obvious how to search among all projects. I know I need to go "outside" of a project, but this is inconvenient.
one of the options would be to add another "search in projects: all/proj1/proj2/...." drop-down with the projects list to the right of "search field". by default it can have the current project selected.

"Jump to project" dropdown definitely does not belong to its current location. it's shown right next to the "search field" and users assume this is where the search will be performed.

I'd rather have some other UI element for projects navigation. I like how it's done in Jira:

in this design it's obvious that the project navigation selection

has nothing to do with search
does not belong to a particular project as it is the top-level element shown outside of the project area

Actions

Copy link

Updated by Stéphane Gourichon over 12 years ago

The current interface is confusing. It's not obvious how to search among all projects. I know I need to go "outside" of a project, but this is inconvenient.

I observed exatcly the same.

Plus, every time I show Redmine to someone I have to explain that search is limited depending on the currently displayed project. Else people come to me and say that the search engine is broken somehow because they can't find items they put in.

I second Alexey's comment that current UI mixes two functions, which makes things not clear. If you don't know what these UI elements mean, you won't figure out easily.

Actions

Copy link

Updated by Etienne Massip over 12 years ago

Category set to UI
Target version set to Candidate for next major release

Actions

Copy link

Updated by dj jones almost 11 years ago

File search-improvement-3.png search-improvement-3.png added

Is this a quick, sensible solution:

Theory: the difference in the URL called between 'search in this project' and 'search in all projects' is very small

I just added '&scope=all' to the former: and it searches as the latter!

Proposal:
In the page top right, change the page as per attached before / after screenshot.

Ie seperate the 'search' field and and the 'projects' field: to allow putting 'All' check box between them: if ticked: in JS we add the above URL suffix to the search URL.

Very simple to do, and a big improvement!

Actions

Copy link

Updated by Daniele Pedroni almost 11 years ago

+1, an "all projects" option in "Jump to a project.." drop down menu is just as useful as simple, I think.
I hope it could be released as suggested by dj jones also in the next minor release...

Actions

Copy link