In 22.3 the "global search bar" has been centralized somewhat and pinned to the top bar of /Design, with added functionality, which is neat.
However the "floating" bar invoked by pressing CTRL-Space is no longer "floating", meaning the CTRL-Space hotkey no longer works at all in a very important (to me, at least) use case: during pop-up dialogs (eg the deployment pop-up, missing precedents, etc).
The way it worked before: even if I have a missing precedent checker or deployment window open, but still want to search for and/or open some object, I could just hit CTRL-Space and search:(from 22.2)
Meanwhile, after upgrading to 22.3, we can see the "search objects" bar hanging out in the background but being completely useless even if I spam the CTRL-Space hotkey:
I can't speak for others here, but I estimate that I personally used this functionality very often to look up and/or open objects I need even when in the middle of a pop-up dialog I don't want to interrupt (or sometimes to check for something that I think should be included in it, etc).
CLARIFYING EDIT: the CTRL-Space search STILL DOES WORK (just... moved slightly, not "floating", but with some nice details added) when not obstructed by a pop-up dialog (like the Missing Precedents checker or the Deployment Sequence).
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Disappointed to note that this has gone unchanged in 22.4 - I'm not clear whether anyone at Appian has seen / cares about the pretty unanimous feedback generated on this post
Hi Mike, thank you for the feedback regarding the search bar. We've heard the similar feedback from other and we are actively looking into restoring access to global search in dialog boxes (Use Case #5553).
We are also looking into other enhancements such as retaining the global search results when you click out of the search bar and retaining global search after you open a new object.
In addition to the global search anywhere, is that something you would find helpful?
Thanks!
Sam Wahbeh said:We are also looking into other enhancements such as retaining the global search results when you click out of the search bar and retaining global search after you open a new object.
Yes, I've also been missing the "retain search results" functionality that seems to have gone away - often times I'll want to search on and then open a few different objects that match the same search term (like if i'm hunting for JUST the right expression rule but not sure which one it really was) - I just hadn't thought to mention it here. Thanks for bringing it up, and YES please add it to the use case (or as its own use case)
Praise the 5553! Yes, please!