Bug (?) Sidebar doesn't reappear when searching
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Not sure if this is a bug or just isn't a feature. Seems like an essential thing to me, but that could just be me.
Anyway, when I have the sidebar hidden and then type cmd-L and start searching for a new note, the sidebar doesn't reappear to show me the results of the search. I tried both the sidebar in both vertical and top positions, but in either place when I hide the sidebar and search it doesn't reappear.
I am using the beta 64.
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I can't recall if there was a reason we didn't expose the sidebar on search if it was intentionally hidden, but I agree that it probably should show back up. Will look into it.
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This is intentional. The majority of feedback was that users did not want focus mode to exit just because they were navigating via the search/create bar. You can use the up down arrow keys to move through the list "blind" if you like, or toggle out of focus mode if you want to perform a new search and see all of the results.
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The original behavior was the other way around.
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Ah. I seemed to recall this being a topic of discussion before.
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It can be revisited, but:
1. Toggling the file list when desired is trivially easy with the keyboard shortcut.
2. I do agree that it can be disrupting when the file list reappears unexpectedly because you typed something in the search/create bar. (Which can include typing a new file name to create a new file, which does *not* require that the file list reappear)
3. I also agree that seeing the list of files is helpful when actively searching, but circle back to #1 and it is not difficult to manually toggle on/off.
I am inclined to leave as is.
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For me, I automatically hide the sidebar when I start typing. But when I search I want it to reappear so I can see the search results. Pressing an additional keystroke before searching in order to unhide the sidebar would be an extra step and an annoyance.
Of course, I could probably type these two keystrokes together in Keyboard Maestro, so it's not a huge deal.
Perhaps it could be added to preferences, allowing the user to choose which behavior they prefer?
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Of course, I could probably type these two keystrokes together in Keyboard Maestro, so it's not a huge deal.
Well even if it's always possible to script or automate this behavior, I stil believe it doesn't make any sense to press any additional keystroke and even invoke any extern app to do so.
So please add the automatic sidebar appearing when typing a search.
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