Make app title on AppPage a search field

[madsrh]

Could we make the application name next to the back button, a search field rather than just a label? It would be great if the user could just click and start typing/searching.

I think it should work like this: When you click the field / app name, all text (Krita) is selected or just disapear, but nothing else on the screen changes, until you start typing - then it would be like doing a normal search.

[Feichtmeier]

I don't know. I find this rather confusing. But I planed to play with the nice pure flutter titlebar JP created and eventually try to move the search bar there, as a global search. Could fix several problems (I have) with the current page flow

[madsrh]

I don't know. I find this rather confusing...

If it's possible - without too much work - to create a branch where we can try it, that would be great.

[Feichtmeier]

I'll test the search bar in the title bar first because my expectations are greater there and I don't want to do double work 😸

[Feichtmeier]

@madsrh I also never seen this in app bars. For example here on GitHub

[anasereijo]

I think what it might be confusing with the current approach is that we have the back button right next to the app-name, making it look like it's the same link. We are also repeating the app-name twice.

It could be more intuitive to do something like Microsoft store:

but, I quite like @madsrh proposal as well :D

[Feichtmeier]

When the search bar is inside the titleBar this won't work anymore. Also the the back button next to a title is a very common pattern. The title describes the page you are on. And in this case your are on the AppPage of Krita

[anasereijo]

Is this comment related to the Microsoft example I shared? If so, I shared it as another possible option, didn't mean to have that and the search bar, obviously.

[Feichtmeier]

https://ubuntu.github.io/yaru_widgets.dart/#/

Here is another example with the not-compact master detail navigation

The search would fit to the left appbar here as the right appbar includes the title and the back button. A search on the right appbar would be the wrong position.

[madsrh]

Here is another example with the not-compact master detail navigation

Right, I'm not suggesting we change how the app bar work in general. I'm only referring to this particular app page.

I also never seen this in app bars...

I really don't think of this as an app bar in the Material Design spec way. I see this similar to the address bar in a browser (or as least inspired - I'll try to think of a better example).

As I said, this might be a horrible idea, but I feel that when I'm on an app page and want find another app, I REALLY want to click that title 😆

[Feichtmeier]

But it's not a URL
This is not an omnibar :)

[Feichtmeier]

https://github.com/ubuntu-flutter-community/software/pull/745

[Feichtmeier]

I agree now, that we can NOW always show the search bar ;) but this means that the title never shows up which does not not lead to a misunderstanding