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eddieparker Posted - Aug 14 2017 : 5:19:28 PM
I'd like to specify the 'type' I want filtered by in the search dialog. i.e.:

foo bar type:enum

and have it not only pare down to symbols with 'foo' and 'bar' in the name, but are also limited to only enums.
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feline Posted - Sep 19 2017 : 09:26:12 AM
Thank you for your view, I have put a note on the case that this is also what you are looking for.
Adequat Posted - Sep 14 2017 : 01:13:39 AM
Though the current search system is already excellent, I like the original idea to filter by category, class/enum/function/namespace/variable...
eddieparker Posted - Aug 15 2017 : 3:31:06 PM
quote:
Originally posted by feline

Is filtering out a given type something you are likely to need to do? We haven't settled on a plan yet for how this feature might work. This syntax is flexible and powerful, but not something you will discover by accident, and if you don't use it all the time, you are unlikely to remember it. So I am torn on this approach.



That's a fair question, and the short answer is, "I'm not entirely sure". Probably the best option would be to have the "filter in" first, and see if filter out is necessary.

Right now the filter in is most important since sometimes I *know* I'm looking for an enum, or what have you, but the name is super common, so it's tedious to weed through types I *know* are wrong. I was supposing there is a case where you want all ints, floats, doubles, etc, but don't care about strings, or what have you, but I don't have a concrete use case for that yet.
feline Posted - Aug 15 2017 : 2:59:52 PM
Is filtering out a given type something you are likely to need to do? We haven't settled on a plan yet for how this feature might work. This syntax is flexible and powerful, but not something you will discover by accident, and if you don't use it all the time, you are unlikely to remember it. So I am torn on this approach.
eddieparker Posted - Aug 15 2017 : 1:38:11 PM
quote:
Originally posted by feline

We are considering adding this feature at some point:

case=5031

For now, you can also use "-zee" to filter out all symbol names containing "zee", to help narrow down your search by name.



Cool - I love the -zee feature: which reminds me, and is probably obvious: the "type:enum" feature would benefit from similarly having a "-type:enum" equivalent.

Can't wait to check it out.
feline Posted - Aug 15 2017 : 1:31:48 PM
We are considering adding this feature at some point:

case=5031

For now, you can also use "-zee" to filter out all symbol names containing "zee", to help narrow down your search by name.

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