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At present, when you do a search for a tag-word in Dolphin's search bar, it shows the tag with it's icon and its description in the right side-bar. Though it doesn't actually work for me, theoretically double-clicking this would take you to the tag.

I think it would be a better idea to show the contents of the tag: for example, if I tagged several photos with the keyword I searched, I think these photos should show in the search results, and show first. Then, the nepomuk logo could appear just under the select icon in the top left, allowing them to open the tag independently.



Of course, some alternative method could be used for this control, like a link in the left bar or right-click menu, but I personally believe this is the best representation as it shows the relationship between the file and the action much clearer and in a much more obvious fashion then these other methods.

[ot] I approve of your pictures.

If I understand you correctly, you propose two things:
1. Show all files tagged with [tag] when searching for [tag].
2. Move the tag icon that currently appears when you search for [tag] to the files (tagged with [tag]).

I'm not sure I like 1. Let's say that I have a lot of files tagged with [kde]. If I search for a file with "kde", I wouldn't want all those files to show up. And if I wanted, they're only one click away.

(If you want files tagged with [kde] you can already use tag:kde, but you probably already knew that).

[ot]Why thank you. Something I do in my spare time.

Wouldn't a file called, "KDE" Inherently belong to the KDE-tagged files?

I understand this situation, and that's why I proposed that tagged files come at the front of the search. It might also be appropriate to e.g. tint the background of the files in that tag for clearer viewing, but the point was that if you're going to search for a file called, "KDE", you would immediately know that the files tagged, "KDE" are going to come up first and skip past them. It's better then having them appear pell-mell all over the window, in which case I would be sympathetic.

Additionally, I feel I should point out that, if you're searching for a tag, the likelihood that you actually want that tag is very low: almost every time you'll do a search for that tag, it will be because you are interested in some/all the files in that tag. The method I explain in the idea gives quick access to tagged (read: prioritised) files, which I think is a desirable behaviour.

It's an absolute must have! I thought that's why the search bar is for, to search for tags' content...


I would so much love to see it in the future, I am just worried it might drown in the flood of >120 pages of other feature requests

Madman wrote:
Wouldn't a file called, "KDE" Inherently belong to the KDE-tagged files?

Maybe. But that doesn't mean that I want all other 102938 files tagged with [kde] to show up if I want to find "kde-presentation.pdf". And if you really wanted them, you just have to click on the tag (well theoretically - it doesn't work here either).

I would, however, like to see the tag appear first instead of last.

Well, I had suggested putting the tagged files first so you can easily skip past it and, even though I find your usecase rather unrealistic at best ( ), I'll humour you anyway.


This mock-up shows the tagged files as belonging to the icon in the top-right (which would be the tag, if my mock-up skills were any good) and have them fall under the same, tinted background. I still think it's better to show tagged files by default, but with this mock-up I suggest double-clicking the icon in the top-right collapses the files into the tag, and double-clicking it once more expands the tag. This is something like the tree-view with, "expandable folders" enabled, but in an icon-view instead.