Fixed Can't search only media from quick search box

[Sim]

Affected version

v2.0.x

I'm putting this in bug reports rather than suggestions, because this is functionality which was present in v1.x and now missing in v2.x ... a bit cheeky I know

In v1.x there is a checkbox "Search media only" in the search dropdown when viewing the gallery, which allows you to constrain your search to media items only rather than performing a site-wide search:



This is not present in v2.x, forcing you to go to the advanced search page to do media-specific searches.

In v2.x, we have the following show up when viewing a forum:



... or a thread:



However, in the v2.x media gallery, we get no choice - it's a site-wide search or nothing, forcing you to use the advanced search to search media.




At minimum, I would like to see the search box when viewing media, show two options: "Everywhere" and "Media only" to replicate the missing functionality from v1.x

It would be even better if it could be expanded to include the following options (depending on context):

• Everywhere
• Media only
• This category / This album
• This media item (for comment search)

I note that Resources gets this exact functionality - so I think media should too

 

[Chris D]

I'm putting this in bug reports rather than suggestions, because this is functionality which was present in v1.x and now missing in v2.x ... a bit cheeky I know

You're not wrong to do that. Definitely an oversight.

 

[Chris D]

This will require you to do a search index rebuild as we've changed some of the metadata that we store to make these searches possible, but this pretty much demonstrates the breadth of what we have now:



This all of course depends which page you're viewing and what contexts it has. This was taken from a media item, which is in an album, which is in a category, hence why there's a fair few permutations there.