Bug 81880 - Ability to search Gallery for graphics by description
Summary: Ability to search Gallery for graphics by description
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
URL:
Whiteboard: target:24.8.0 inReleaseNotes:24.8
Keywords:
: 37084 131935 152354 (view as bug list)
Depends on: 131529
Blocks: Gallery
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Reported: 2014-07-29 16:39 UTC by Arthur E. Baldwin
Modified: 2024-06-27 11:08 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

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Idea to put a search box in red, in the gallery tool for Draw (81.20 KB, image/png)
2020-01-15 12:41 UTC, libreoffice
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Description Arthur E. Baldwin 2014-07-29 16:39:07 UTC
Problem description: 

This is not a bug, but an enhancement request.

After installing the two Open ClipArt modules and attempting to insert pictures from the "Gallery", I noticed that there is a very large number of pictures to choose from, but no way to quickly and easily search for ClipArt on a particular subject.

This enhancement request would probably also affect all of the other sub-projects such as Calc, Presentation, Base, etc. because of the LibreOffice modular nature.

Cordially,

Arthur Baldwin
Operating System: All
Version: 4.2.5.2 release
Comment 1 Robinson Tryon (qubit) 2014-12-22 07:43:33 UTC
(In reply to Arthur E. Baldwin from comment #0)
> Problem description: 
> 
> This is not a bug, but an enhancement request.
> 
> After installing the two Open ClipArt modules and attempting to insert
> pictures from the "Gallery", I noticed that there is a very large number of
> pictures to choose from, but no way to quickly and easily search for ClipArt
> on a particular subject.

Sounds like a reasonable request: Status -> NEW

UX will want to make some suggestions on how this search could look, so Component -> ux-advise.
Comment 2 Robinson Tryon (qubit) 2016-08-25 05:39:01 UTC Comment hidden (noise)
Comment 3 Heiko Tietze 2017-03-27 08:59:32 UTC
That is definitely a needed feature. In the proposal for a rework of this deck [1] we added a filter (aka search) input. 

Initial component was Writer, but the change would be needed for all modules. The gallery is paramount for Draw it's maybe better hosted there.

[1] https://user-prompt.com/de/libreoffice-design-session-shapes/
Comment 4 Thomas Lendo 2017-06-04 21:36:44 UTC
*** Bug 37084 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 libreoffice 2020-01-15 12:41:40 UTC
Created attachment 157163 [details]
Idea to put a search box in red, in the gallery tool for Draw

Added search box as example on the gallery
Comment 6 Xisco Faulí 2020-03-09 13:28:56 UTC
Please add keyword 'needsUXEval' and CC 'libreoffice-ux-advise@lists.freedesktop.org' if input from UX is needed.
Comment 7 Heiko Tietze 2020-04-09 12:17:35 UTC
*** Bug 131935 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 andreas_k 2020-04-09 12:57:47 UTC
Would be definitely a good feature. I would add the search instead of add new theme, but anyway first make it available.

Search at all installed galleries and in addition search in online would be great.
Comment 9 V Stuart Foote 2022-12-02 18:25:52 UTC
*** Bug 152354 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 V Stuart Foote 2022-12-02 18:43:18 UTC
routing back through UX Advise, have discussed a search feature for shapes and the gallery, e.g. https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2015/04/02/libreoffice-design-session-shapes/ in the past, but we need a solid design worked out for a search by description in a content panel or additional widget on the Sidebar Gallery deck.

Also needed because any such search scheme would need to be well scoped to allow extension providers to describe their graphics.
Comment 11 Heiko Tietze 2022-12-05 09:33:48 UTC
There is no way to rename the content (it's taken from the file name) nor the items are reasonably named (and translation is missing, see bug 90864). The Gallery content is not located in the user space and cannot be modified therefore, see bug 131529. 

Before we ponder over a (desirable) search function we have to rework the foundation.
Comment 12 V Stuart Foote 2022-12-05 13:10:02 UTC
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #11)
> Before we ponder over a (desirable) search function we have to rework the
> foundation.

Don't see translation of core gallery content as an immediate issue, for example we don't translate Unicode (no one does). And if implemented correctly (addressing bug 131529), extensions for gallery would be localized for search by the authors providing them in the languages they choose.
Comment 13 Heiko Tietze 2022-12-06 16:16:56 UTC
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #12)
> Don't see translation of core gallery content as an immediate issue...

I mean that as a consequence of the naming. If we assign a variable name to the Gallery objects we could also provide translations. OTOH, if the Gallery comes from the extension all work needs to be done externally, which is rather unlikely.
Comment 14 Commit Notification 2024-03-11 13:39:27 UTC
Oliver Specht committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/09c6204b6309321aa25c542f918fde9f5f3f7fe2

tdf#81880 Search the Gallery

It will be available in 24.8.0.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds

Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Comment 15 Buovjaga 2024-04-08 18:07:18 UTC
Can this be closed as fixed now?
Comment 16 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2024-06-17 04:07:52 UTC
I added it to the release notes: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/index.php?title=ReleaseNotes%2F24.8&type=revision&diff=754884&oldid=754879

@Oliver, ping to close this if nothing else is coming? We can open follow-up tickets if needed.
Comment 17 Oliver Specht (CIB) 2024-06-17 07:07:46 UTC
Issue can be closed.
Comment 18 Buovjaga 2024-06-17 07:10:59 UTC
(In reply to Oliver Specht (CIB) from comment #17)
> Issue can be closed.

It is best that the fixer closes it: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Bugzilla/Fields/Status/RESOLVED#FIXED