Add special filters to search bar
There have been several requests to include special filter types in the new search bar. Some examples:
- Show issues I :star:ed https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/1938
- I want to be able to filter issues on confidentiality status #29297 (closed)
- Ability to sort issues by closing MRs #27544 (moved)
The solution we are going to be adopting is to introduce one more filter type to the main filters menu that controls yes/no attributes. My original proposal is to use the keyword flag. Some examples based on the issues below:
flag:starredflag:confidentialflag:has_closing_mr
In this issue I want to look at possible future filters that we may introduce so we can decide on a good keyword to use. I'll list some possible filters and proposals for keywords
| Filter | Flag | Has | Is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starred issues | flag:starred |
has:star |
is:starred |
| Confidential issues | flag:confidential |
is:confidential |
|
| Issue has closing MR | flag:has_closing_mr |
has:closing_mr |
|
| Open/Closed issues | flag:is_open |
has:open_status |
is:open |
| Issues I subscribe to | flag:subscribed |
has:subscription |
|
| Issue that have a due date | flag:has_due_date |
has:due_date |
is:due |
| Issues that have comments/upvotes | flag:has_comments |
has:comments |
|
| Merge Requests with successful pipelines | flag:pipeline_succeeded |
has:successful_pipeline |
|
| Projects that are public/internal/private | flag:is_public |
is:public |
flag seems to be adaptable to most situations, but I'm not sure it feels natural with many of those examples. Does anyone have any suggestions for other keywords?
Open / Closed / All tabs
- Consider integrating the state of open / closed into the filter itself: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/27261#note_28370208
- Clicking the tab would add a filter to the search bar.