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eXist-db app development
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[BUG] Faceted searching should show all facets if no hits are found #41

Closed djbpitt closed 2 years ago

djbpitt commented 2 years ago

Expected behavior

Faceted searching should show all facets if no hits are found

Actual behavior

Faceted searching shows only supplementary facets (publishers on selected dates and dates for selected publishers) if no hits are found. This is both incorrect and confusing.

Reproduction steps

Search for “Age, The” and “1870” (decade).

djbpitt commented 2 years ago

Upon reflection: the actual behavior is correct because:

  1. It is consistent with the behavior when hits are returned.
  2. It assumes that the user had good reason for selecting dates or publishers and would like to use prior selections, even if combined unproductively, to guide subsequent ones.
  3. The user can see all results, if that is desired, by launching a new search.