1307386 - Allow to search for add-ons from within the main page

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1546248

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, enhancement, P5)

Description

[Sebastian Zartner [:sebo]]

When you're at about:addons there should be a search field like in the categories "Extensions", "Appearance", etc. allowing to search for an add-on immediately without having to switch to a category.

This search field should also be available via Ctrl+F like on the category pages.

Sebastian

Comment 1

[Andrew Swan [:aswan]]

I think you're referring to the fact that there is no search box while you're viewing the discovery pane (ie "Get Add-ons" in the left menu).  This was a conscious choice, Markus can you field this?

Comment 2

[Sebastian Zartner [:sebo]]

(In reply to Andrew Swan [:aswan] from comment #1)
> I think you're referring to the fact that there is no search box while
> you're viewing the discovery pane (ie "Get Add-ons" in the left menu).

Exactly. Sorry that it wasn't clear from my description.

> This was a conscious choice, Markus can you field this?

I assumed that, but it's inconsistent to the other about:addons pages and IMO bad UX.

Also, the current behavior is buggy. When you initially land on the "Get Add-ons" page and press Ctrl+F, it happens that the search bar pops up allowing you to search within the page. If you then switch to another about:addons page, then back to the "Get Add-ons" page and press Ctrl+F again, it doesn't do anything anymore.

Sebastian

Comment 4

[Markus Jaritz [:designakt] (UX)]

In a next iteration of disco pane, search will definitely be a big topic.
Work on it will be tracked on GitHub. Here is the relevant issue:
https://github.com/mozilla/addons/issues/159

Comment 5

[Sebastian Zartner [:sebo]]

Cool, thanks for the info! I'll follow that issue then.

Sebastian

Comment 6

[Markus Jaritz [:designakt] (UX)]

Tracking on Github still, and therefor closing here. We will add a search when we have a better search on AMO to provide qualitative results to users.

Comment 7

[Dão Gottwald [:dao]]

(In reply to Markus Jaritz [:designakt] (UX) from comment #6)
> Tracking on Github still, and therefor closing here. We will add a search
> when we have a better search on AMO to provide qualitative results to users.

This seems stalled. I'll reopen this, as there's an obvious short-term solution that should be easy to implement: Put the same search box above the discovery pane that we have in the other categories.

Comment 9

[Markus Jaritz [:designakt] (UX)]

Philip is working on getting an update of Disco Pane landed... which should include search. I'll forward to him.

Comment 10

[Sebastian Zartner [:sebo]]

Dão, this feature unfortunately did not get implemented with bug 1263313. (Tested in Nightly 59.0a1 2017-12-12.)

This bug is asking for adding a search field within the "Get Add-ons" page like within the other three pages of about:addons to allow users to search for an add-on right after opening about:addons.

Comment 11

[Andrew Swan [:aswan]]

The main "get add-ons" page is hosted on AMO.  You can file an issue for that at
https://github.com/mozilla/addons/issues

Comment 14

[Darkspirit]

(Andrew Swan [:aswan] (on PTO until 7/23) from comment #11)
> The main "get add-ons" page is hosted on AMO.  You can file an issue for that at
> https://github.com/mozilla/addons/issues

Thank you, I'll try that.

Background: This was reopened in comment 7 because Dão promised here to look into it:

(German) https://www.heise.de/forum/heise-online/News-Kommentare/Mozilla-will-Deutschland-besser-verstehen/Re-Alles-Geld-im-Buero-keines-mehr-fuer-Code-Review/posting-31200209/show/

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There's also: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/7bshls/why_does_the_page_called_get_addons_in_firefox/

Comment 15

[nyanpasu64]

Any progress on this issue?

Comment 16

[Darkspirit]

Pref: extensions.htmlaboutaddons.discover.enabled
Thanks :)

Comment 17

[nyanpasu64]

I found a workaround which works on current version of Firefox (xul-based):

• F12 element inspector, ctrl+f, type extension substring, Enter
• Pick the right XUL element, right-click and "Scroll Into View"