Improve search result order

[gsantner]

Currently search results are just ordered plainly. I open e.g. mostly the same application when searching, e.g. xfce systemsettings. here i usually get like 50 results with "settings" and its hard in there to find the right one.

Therefore I would suggest two things maybe improving the flow:

• Order by recently used -> Save a map<desktopfile,date>
• Order by used count -> Map<desktopfile,count>

and Adding an Dropdown to select between alphabetical, used, count in xfdashboard-settings component

[gmc-holle]

The "order by used count" is already implement but it cannot be simply turned on via the settings application and it is also not documented (yet) at http://xfdashboard.froevel.de/settings.html or http://xfdashboard.froevel.de/settings-unstable.html

You can define in Xfconf one of three sort modes for the application search. To set a mode use either the graphical settings editor (xfce4-settings-editor) or execute the following command in a console:

xfconf-query -c xfdashboard -p /components/applications-search-provider/sort-mode -t int -s <<SORT_MODE>>

Where <<SORT_MODE>> can be:

0 - None (as returned by application search, usually alphabetically sorted) 1 - By names (the more title, description and commands of an application matches the search term the more relevant they are) 2 - By usage (the more this application was launched from xfdashboard the more relevant they are)

What is missing is sorting by recently used. And I haven't decided if it should be implemented.

[gsantner]

ah nice :D Recently used/count: what you think works best

basically just UI is missing?

xfconf-query --create -c xfdashboard -p /components/applications-search-provider/sort-mode -t int -s %VALUE%

[gmc-holle]

Yes, UI is missing as well as to mention it in documentation. So far it is a hidden option ;)

[gmc-holle]

I think I can close this issue for now. I will add the hidden option to documentation but no UI will be implemented.