Search

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Use Cases 3 Layout Components 3.1 Application Area 3.1.1 Application Menu 3.1.2 Filter Menu 3.2 Navigation Area 3.3 Toolbar 3.3.1 Search 3.3.2 Action Buttons 3.4 Details Area 3.5 Footer Area 3.5.1 Status Bar 4 Constraints 5 Sessions 6 Architectural Details 7 Implementation Recommendations 8 Interactions 9 Unresolved Issues 10 Questions and Answers

Overview

This article defines the Search Application, an extensible application designed for the OpenMoko platform. This is a Native Stylus-Based application.

Use Cases

Here are some possible use cases:

• I want to search across all files include PIM Storage fields.
• I want to be able to filter search results.
• I want to be able to save "smart" search results.

Layout Components

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• 1) Application Menu -- Additional options related to search objects.
• 2) Filter_Menu -- Filtering options for the list of items.
• 3) Navigation Area -- List of items based on current filter.
• 4) Toolbar -- Primary commands available to items.
• 5) Details Area -- Detailed view of current selected item.

Application Area

Application Menu

Item	Action	Constraints
Delete	Opens Dialog prompting for confirmation	Grayed-out when current search result is not a saved search result
Help	Opens Help Viewer Application with help for this application

Filter Menu

Item	Action	Constraints
<saved search>	Displays all results from this saved search
Search Results	Displays all items matching current search string

Navigation Area

Displays list of results from current search using the Navigation Widget. Has the following structure:

Item	Action	Constraints
Column 1	Name of file or portion of text that contains search string

Tap selecting a row, will display correspoding information in the Details Area.

NOTE: The title of the above table is the search string.

Toolbar

Search

Search reindexes, after every keypress, the result membership of the Search Results.

Action Buttons

Save

Item	Action	Constraints
Save	Opens Dialog prompting for Search Result Name

Mode

Item	Action	Constraints
Mode Any Date	Filters current Search Result for all dates
Mode Today	Filters current Search Result for all changes today
Mode Since Yesterday	Filters current Search Result for all changes since yesterday
Mode This Week	Filters current Search Result for all changes this week
Mode This Month	Filters current Search Result for all changes this month
Mode This Year	Filters current Search Result for all changes this year

Details Area

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• 1) Preview -- Preview widget based on the current search item.

Footer Area

Status Bar

Displays the total number of items in the current Search Result.

Constraints

(TBD)

Sessions

• The current item selection and Details Area mode is persistant.

Architectural Details

• The query string, rather than the actual results of the query is stored when a user saves a search result. This allows for "smart" searches. For example, if I search for TRON and then save this search result. Any items containing TRON that I create at a later time will automatically appear in this saved result.

Implementation Recommendations

(TBD)

Interactions

(TBD)

Unresolved Issues

(TBD)

Questions and Answers

(TBD)