If you happen to use a large enough file collection (such as a clipart library), finding an image can be a daunting task. Even though a search function could be useless for files named DC100_123143.jpg, if the images are correctly named, searching by image names could facilitate the task of finding an adequate image by quite a bit.

Is it possible, then, to add a search feature to IMCE? I think it'd greatly improve the overall usefulness of file browser and make the existence of large file libraries feasible.

CommentFileSizeAuthor
#9 711336-9.patch5.42 KBBrockBoland
#9 filter.png48.87 KBBrockBoland
#8 imce21_filter_file.patch5.34 KBdeviato
#7 imce_filter_file.patch5.2 KBrobbertnl
#4 filter-files.patch5.53 KBslayne40
#4 without.jpg96.84 KBslayne40
#4 with.jpg92.46 KBslayne40

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wmostrey commented

Using filefield and filefield_sources you can do an autocomplete search on all files.

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jcisio commented

If you want to search by name, the web browser is there for you (Ctrl-F or Cmd-F, then type the keyword).

IMHO IMCE is for quick image browsing/upload, not a catalog organizer. Of course you can categorize yourself, but a search feature for IMCE is perhaps overwhelming.

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ufku commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)
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slayne40 commented
Status: Closed (won't fix) » Patch (to be ported)
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new with.jpg92.46 KB
new without.jpg96.84 KB
new filter-files.patch5.53 KB

Hello
Having a large amount of files, I also needed to make finding files in IMCE.
So, I added a kind of filter on the list of current files.
Attached is a patch to add this feature.

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garfunk commented

Yes. Works fine thanks.

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WeRockYourWeb.com commented

I think the filter/ search is an excellent patch, thank you. We for one, have dozens of client sites that could make use of this. Any chance this will be committed to the project?

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robbertnl commented
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new imce_filter_file.patch5.2 KB

Great feature, good work #4. However, the patch didn't work here in linux (backslashes vs forwardslashes issue).
I replaced the slashes and made a new patch for 6.x-1.4

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deviato commented
Issue tags: -tags, -catalog, -index +imce, +file, +filter
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new imce21_filter_file.patch5.34 KB

Here's a patch against IMCE 2.1..

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BrockBoland commented
Version: 6.x-1.3 » 6.x-2.x-dev
Status: Patch (to be ported) » Needs review
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new filter.png48.87 KB
new 711336-9.patch5.42 KB

The patch in #8 wouldn't apply cleanly for me. I applied it to the 6.x-2.x branch and generated a new patch from git.

I also added some help text to the filter form explaining that it will further filter the current file list. Patch and a screenshot are attached.

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ufku commented
Status: Needs review » Closed (won't fix)

IMCE tools has this functionality