Search redesign

[candry7731]

Redesign the search scene
Add observer field to update items based on key press

Changes

1. Added Mini Keyboard
2. Moved to the left most side

Issues

1. Need to add logic for observer field in the searchbox.brs
2. Add searchrow layout or grid layout to update itmes when keys are pressed

[jimdogx]

Pushed some updates. Make sure to read the "TODO/FIXME" comments I sprinkled throughout 😄

[TwitchBronBron]

Looking good so far! This is a much needed enhancement to the app. A few suggestions:

1. don't focus the first search result after typing. The focus should stay on the keyboard all the time, unless the user manually leaves the text box by pressing right enough times.

   jellyfin-search.mp4

2. Don't show the loading spinner on screen load. We should only be showing it when actually loading. Perhaps show some text there instead, like "Start typing to instantly see search results" or even just "No results found".

3. For episodes, I don't know what show they belong to.
   

I wonder if we would be better served showing the results in a single-column vertical scrolling list (like the MarkupList) rather than groups of results by category. This would allow the screen to fully utilize the horizontal space, but at the cost of showing less results on the screen at a time.

[candry7731]

Looking good so far! This is a much needed enhancement to the app. A few suggestions:

1. don't focus the first search result after typing. The focus should stay on the keyboard all the time, unless the user manually leaves the text box by pressing right enough times.

   jellyfin-search.mp4
   

2. Don't show the loading spinner on screen load. We should only be showing it when actually loading. Perhaps show some text there instead, like "Start typing to instantly see search results" or even just "No results found".

3. For episodes, I don't know what show they belong to.
   

I wonder if we would be better served showing the results in a single-column vertical scrolling list (like the MarkupList) rather than groups of results by category. This would allow the screen to fully utilize the horizontal space, but at the cost of showing less results on the screen at a time.

[candry7731]

@TwitchBronBron Thanks for the suggestions!

1. Focus will stay on the keyboard, trying to work out the best logic for that

2. I like the "no results found" text...

3. maybe adding a show title above the episode name or adding the show name above the image and the episode name below the image?
   The web app show the show name above the episode name
   

4. I will also try to add voice search option to the keyboard, Do you have a voice remote?

[candry7731]

@TwitchBronBron Posted an update. let me know what you think.

1. Added Series name above the episode poster
2. Fixed focus to stay on keyboard until user presses left to focus on search results
3. Updated search url to search the "Search/Hints" api
4. Updated to search function to search the entire letter string instead of waiting until it times out to update the letter string

TODO

1. Add animation to the keyboard to slide on and off screen when focus changes between keyboard and search results
2. update search url to search each "type" and have no limits as you are searching the entire search term and that should auto filter/limit the results

[candry7731]

How do I change this from a draft to a normal pr?

[jimdogx]

[tremby]

I came across this ticket whole searching for whether voice search support is in progress or planned.

I will also try to add voice search option to the keyboard, Do you have a voice remote?

Did support for that make it into this changeset? It would be a massively welcome feature!

[neilsb]

@candry7731 Just changing from using the MiniKeyboard to the DynamicMiniKeyboard component should give you the voice search automatically. It has an inbuild textbox, so looks like you may have to make some other small changes, but it should be fairly straightforward.

[candry7731]

Yes, ill try to get the updated tonight. And also work on the other episode, series pr to kot show for movies.

[candry7731]

Let me know if you guys can use the voice search.

[neilsb]

Let me know if you guys can use the voice search.

Yup - voice search works with that change

[candry7731]

Let me know if you guys can use the voice search.

Yup - voice search works with that change

THAT'S AWESOME! I'm going to have to get a voice roku player.... lol

Now, It looks like there is not logic for "Parental Content"

[candry7731]

This has been updated/Replaced by #593