It would be really useful to have the possibility to search not only for tag A AND tag B but also for tag A AND NOT tag B , or tag A OR tag B
I would value especially tag A AND NOT tag _B.
Some use cases:
All the documents about client X and not about contracts
All the photos about family and not about private
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+1 from me,
I would also like to be able to search for different files at the same time.
Let’s say keywords like “linux | windows” or “techno | prodigy | kmfdm | abba”
I used to use it all the times in google drive, really helped me with sharing.
I was thinking that even this “simple” change in the interface would be a big improvement.
I’d love to have the opinion of an expert: @jan …!
My hypothesis of how to make it work would be:
automatic focus on “Select tags to filter by ” as is already in #2105
start to search when the first tag in “… filter by ” field is selected
allow to fill “… to exclude ” even if "… filter by " is empty, yet do NOT start to search if “… filter by ” is empty
Of course this change should keep into consideration also
opened 05:00PM - 15 Nov 16 UTC
enhancement
1. to develop
feature: tags
When user clicks 'Tags', s\he opens a view which is remarkable for its lack of i… nformation about tags.
That place could be used to display some summary of the tags used which could be useful or interesting for most of the users.
Here is a modest proposal:
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you are using **58** tags on **4678** objects.
The tagged objects have **2** tags on average.
The five most used tags are:
- **one** (_704 times_)
- **two** (_578 times_)
- **three** (_550 time_)
- **four** (_489 times_)
- **five** (_265 times_)
You are tagging mainly files (_3921 objects_), but you tag also contacts (_400 objects_), and calendar items (_357 objects_)
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The last phrase is an extension that considers the possibility of an unified tag system ( see #13330 )
The text tries to provide a lot of info in a few lines. It shows
- basic information on how much you are using the tag tool
- the most used tags by you
- basic information on how you are using the tag tool
In case of interest, there are three main paths to expand this feature:
- display more generic information
- display information about the other users
- display specific information on a tag after the user selects it
Spiral
November 19, 2018, 10:07pm
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I think this functionality to do an exclusive search would be great.
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