search results collections

inmate · Post by **inmate** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:19 pm

Sorry if this has been asked before, but is it possible to apply some sort of collections (like inside a newsgroup) to the search results to reduce the amount of lines one has to browse through?

swent · Post by **swent** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:24 pm

Under the Threads button "Collapse threads/Collections"
Also the blue "++" icon in the toolbar.

inmate · Post by **inmate** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:01 pm

Hmmm, this works for normal usegroups, but when viewing the search results window these buttons are all greyed out...

alex · Post by **alex** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 2:06 am

when collections were added the first question i got from many users was how to disable them, so i disabled them by default. if there will be user requests i could add them to search results as well, it is easier since the view is static, differently from newsgroup view, but the newsgroup view code is not applicable, since the search view is managed by different code.

collections are not always precise because there are no real rules on how subjects are formed ("thanks" to powerpost), so sometimes more than one post may fall into the same collection, some posts may be split (e.g. those without file numbers) into several collections.

jonib · Post by **jonib** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:55 pm

alex wrote: if there will be user requests i could add them to search results as well, it is easier since the view is static, differently from newsgroup view, but the newsgroup view code is not applicable, since the search view is managed by different code.

I'm a user and I request collection support in the search results, like I did some time ago in a forum far far away

jonib

alex · Post by **alex** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:15 pm

it was next version preview forum.

i'll check it out, not certain yet, there are some other things as well i wanted to add for some time already.

jonib · Post by **jonib** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:49 pm

alex wrote:but it is a hidden forum

Oops

, I was sure it was posted in the development forum.

i'll check it out, there are some other things as well i wanted to add for some time already.

Great.

jonib

jonib · Post by **jonib** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:38 pm

In the new version, Collection support for the search results are just wonderful

thank you very much Alex.

Now if only the View filters worked in the search results

it would be perfect.

jonib

dracula · Post by **dracula** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:34 am

I like it too only one question. What is the difference between auto and custom collections?

alex · Post by **alex** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:36 am

custom collections means you can group headers in an arbitrary way newsgroup view context menu->custom collections.

custom collections have magenta color, auto collections have yellow color, you cannot change the way the auto collections are arranged, but i can improve auto collection code to make grouping better in general (the database doesn't depend on auto collections).

as to search there is an option in properties general "import as collection" which makes single import to appear under its own custom collection.

as to view filters, it is the same story, the code is different from newsgroup view even as the implementation would be somewhat simpler, it is possible to change if there will be requests, i'm not sure many people use them.

dracula · Post by **dracula** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:37 pm

Thanks Alex for explaining it. Really nice job.