472879 - There is no way to search by theme sub-category

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Search, defect)

Description

[Dave Garrett]

Using the "within" menu next to the search field you can search by add-on category but there is no way to search by theme sub-category.

For example, one cannot search for all "compact" themes compatible with a browser version and platform. The theme grid listing does not show a download button and thus there is no way to see ahead of time which ones are actually compatible. You can search for compatibility or list the sub-category, but not both at the same time.

A logical solution would be to add a sub-category menu that only shows upon the selection of the themes category. (either next to the main menu or in the advanced tab)

Comment 1

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Bug 440811 covers part of this, if not all.

Comment 2

[Dave Garrett]

Yes, that might cover the example use case I gave. I would however like the ability to arbitrarily search themes by sub-category for other purposes.

Comment 3

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

We're graying out incompatible themes now, but I'm wontfixing the sub-category searching.

Comment 4

[Dave Garrett]

Actually, no need wontfix, as this was pretty much fixed with the "Refine Results" pane. It allows searching within categories, including theme sub-categories. You can't search from the start by sub-category, but all I really requested was some way to filter by them and this does the job. ;)