[Brew] Add ability to search from the main launcher

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[Brew] Add ability to search from the main launcher #13337

Closed vpukhanov closed 2 months ago

vpukhanov commented 2 months ago

Extension

https://www.raycast.com/nhojb/brew

Description

Hi! I'm interested in adding an argument to the list commands of the extension (Search, Outdated, Installed).

I'd like to work on this myself, but I wanted to check with the contributors first to ensure there are no objections!

Who will benefit from this feature?

Anyone who uses this extension a lot

Anything else?

raycastbot commented 2 months ago

Thank you for opening this issue!

🔔 @nhojb @Aayush9029 @mathieudutour @urwrstkn8mare @ashokbaruaakas @MillerApps @pernielsentikaer you might want to have a look.

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vpukhanov commented 2 months ago

@raycastbot assign me

nhojb commented 2 months ago

Hey @vpukhanov, thanks for the suggestion.

Unfortunately I'm not very enthusiastic about adding arguments to the brew commands. It's not really consistent with Raycast's built-in search commands - none of which take arguments from root search. In my opinion adding arguments adds visual clutter to the UI. So it's a strong no from me 🫤

The usual approach to make it quicker to search with a command would be one or all of the following options:

Add an alias or hotkey for the command(s). The hotkey allows users to launch directly into the command, by-passing root search.
Enable the command as a "Fallback Command". Then you can enter the search term in root search and select the desired fallback command to directly search for the search term (see screenshots).

vpukhanov commented 2 months ago

Cool, thanks for sharing your viewpoint, it makes a lot of sense! I'm glad I checked in with you first, it's interesting to hear the intentions behind this design decision. I'll close this issue then.