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Find an app by name within nextcloud #6868
Description
When Iam searching for an app that has a specific name on page settings/app, I cant just use the search function because it will only search in the current page. And because there is no page for "all apps", I have to get through each category before I can find the app by name.
There needs t be a possibility to find and install an app within nextcloud by simple name search. Even when one finds the app by name on https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps, there is no information in what category its hidden.
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georgehrke commentedon Oct 18, 2017
@jancborchardt
nickvergessen commentedon Oct 19, 2017
Maybe the app store can display the categories? @BernhardPosselt
BernhardPosselt commentedon Oct 19, 2017
This is about the nextcloud server right?
nickvergessen commentedon Oct 19, 2017
The request yes, but it would also help, if e.g. https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/admin_notifications would tell you in which category you would find the app on the server
https://github.com/nextcloud/admin_notifications/blob/master/appinfo/info.xml#L11-L12
BernhardPosselt commentedon Oct 19, 2017
Should be available in the downloaded apps.json, see categories in http://nextcloudappstore.readthedocs.io/en/latest/restapi.html#get-all-apps-and-releases
nickvergessen commentedon Oct 19, 2017
yeah, but the appstore UI doesnt show it ;)
BernhardPosselt commentedon Oct 19, 2017
Ah ok :)
File an issue in the issue tracker please
jancborchardt commentedon Oct 19, 2017
Absolutely agree, had the same issue recently.
hajika commentedon Oct 19, 2017
eh ok, that would help for the workaround a bit, but the real problem is not the website but the here addressed nextcloud server :)
vitaliis commentedon Nov 14, 2017
+1. Also had this issue. Found this nextcloud/appstore#528. It would help to workaroud the problem. But showing a category is generally a good idea.
Another possible solution to this problem:
jospoortvliet commentedon Apr 4, 2018
Yeah, searching all apps would be a huge help. And perhaps an 'all apps' category, too? Ref https://twitter.com/SisimBiva/status/981547010221314048
BloodyIron commentedon Apr 16, 2018
Not being able to search for all has wasted a good amount of my time already. I don't know how the apps are categorised, and often I'll find apps in a section that doesn't make sense to me. Having search all really is needed, otherwise the search is useless IMO.
MorrisJobke commentedon Jun 6, 2018
Fixed with #9565