Maybe I am adding to confusion, as I don't know exactly how things work. I only know what i have deduced. But due to time zones I am awake, and MM Devs are not, so I will have a stab at this.
pbryanw wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 10:30 am
Looking at incremental search, it can be toggled between "filter matches" & "scroll to matches", works on two columns, and is activated by typing into the currently selected tree or node, and its search is confined to the current view (I think). This search appears to be built for people using touch-screen devices.
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Normal search (what I will call desktop search), is activated by typing into the top-right search box. It can also be used to search multiple columns (specified in options). When you do a search using this box, it produces a list of filtered results, and always searches your whole music library.
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However if I'm in a playlist node and use desktop search, my search results aren't confined to this playlist, and it always searches the whole library. This seems a bit counter-intuitive to me.
when you type into the "current View":
- you get the "two column" behaviour if search is configured for "scroll to matches"
- or you get the "search multiple columns (specified in options)" behaviour if search is configured to "filter matches"
So which columns are searched, is controlled by the search config option, not by where you type.
The right hand "desktop search" is the same thing (I think); but is not confined by your current view, it searches your whole database.
I agree that search by typing into the current view probably is good for touch devices ... I can't check because I don't have that kind of device .... but it is also available on traditional devices ... it is a quick way to start a search, because you don't have to click anything first... and it is the best way, because the search is constrained by your current view
There is no icon to trigger a view-constrained search ... you just need to know (somehow) that MM5 has this "just start typing" behaviour, which is another quirk that could lead to confusion IMO ... but maybe this is a new generally accepted behaviour, in the Apple-world or somewhere, that I am not aware of (?)
pbryanw wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 10:30 am
However, once you click on a search result, the rest of your music library is entered into the Playing songlist to continue playing after this song. I don't know if an option to switch between desktop search as it stands now, which only plays the results of your search, and the one I've just outlined, could be considered for MM5?
I guess that they will know what you are talking about. But I don't have iTunes, so I don't.
By the "rest of your music library is entered into the Playing songlist" you mean the rest of the album? ... or the rest of playlist you are viewing? ... so you want a "Play from here" option added to the right click menu? ... so that if I had found track 3 of an album or a playlist, it would queue all tracks from track 3 onward? ... sounds a good thing.
Sorry if I just added to the confusion.
pbryanw wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 10:30 am
Incremental search is caps lock sensitive - HELLO is parsed differently to hello
As far as I know all search is case insensitive by default, or it should be. ... you can make a search become case sensitive using the syntax that is displayed in their tool tip ... the tool tip can be hard to trigger ... here is an image in case you have not seen it
https://www.dropbox.com/s/b501fp6hoymvn ... p.png?dl=0