Allow local search through lists again
Environment
- Lollypop version: 1.2.2
- GTK+ version: 3.24.12
- Operating system: Arch Linux 64-bit
Feature
It would be neat to have the "local search" (i.e. behind Ctrl-O
or another shortcut) for lists such as the artist and genre lists again. This appears to have been removed in 1.2.0.
Even longer ago, this was a find-as-you-type, which was also fine, but I think this was removed because of conflicts with modifier-less shortcuts.
Perhaps the removal was intentional in that one should use the search instead. It currently feels like there is a missing link between both, however - using the search page gets me to the songs I want, but it is usually slower (because of the search delay), and it's not as "rich" and enjoyable as the album and artist view, if that makes sense.
I see that there is a button "Available albums" to get from the search page to the actual album view. Currently it's tucked away behind a context menu, perhaps making it more prominent would also work? (Just throwing some ideas around.)