Future of the query bar

[wes-otf]

I'm having a hard time with the query/search bar in the all submission view. I was doing some work on it today in an attempt to make it more functional (improving the lark parsing, making filters show as they do with the dropdowns, etc) and as I progressed I wondered if these features were actually needed? I think the functionality as it stands can just leave users feeling a little more confused than it being useful.

I think there are two options:

1. Slight overhaul of the query bar
   This would include:
   - Adding a more complete functionality of filters (ie. the lead: filter should filter by any lead via email, not just @me)
   - Making the active filters in the query bar reflect in both the dropdowns & the Current filters & sorts badge indicators
   - Selection made in the dropdown should reflect in the query bar so users can visualize it's usage
   - Currently it's only the submitted/updated dropdowns that update this in the query bar
   - Slightly worried this would be a little too redundant but maybe redundant & intuitive is better?
   - Removing the id filter (ie. #123) because it doesn't play well with lark (searching abc# causes an error)
2. Removing filter functionality from the query par
   Removing extra parsing/filtering from the bar and have it be strictly for free text search in conjunction with dropdown usage

[wes-otf]

I likely lean toward the first & as mentioned have already started some of the implementation but let me know what your thoughts are @frjo

[frjo]

The query parser crash I have a fix for in #4965. Just catching the error instead of a 500.

[wes-otf]

any further thoughts on this? I think I'm gonna write up an issue for the first point unless you feel strongly about the alternative/another option

[frjo]

The query parser was added in the belief that most user would never know about it but that a few power users would find it really useful.

Do none power users find it and becoming confused by it today?

[frjo]

Having the query field sync with the drop down filters would be neat.

One issue is that we do all filtering on id, e.g. ?lead=792&screening_statuses=1 etc.