redesign of search input. Saved search is now saved under active note and doesn't need page reload

src/public/javascripts/desktop.js

@@ -123,7 +123,10 @@ if (utils.isElectron()) {
         setTimeout(async () => {
             const parentNode = treeService.getActiveNode();
 
-            const {note} = await treeService.createNote(parentNode, parentNode.data.noteId, 'into', "text", parentNode.data.isProtected);
+            const {note} = await treeService.createNote(parentNode, parentNode.data.noteId, 'into', {
+                type: "text",
+                isProtected: parentNode.data.isProtected
+            });
 
             await treeService.activateNote(note.noteId);
 

src/public/javascripts/mobile.js

@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ $("#note-menu-button").click(async e => {
             const parentNoteId = node.data.parentNoteId;
             const isProtected = treeUtils.getParentProtectedStatus(node);
 
-            treeService.createNote(node, parentNoteId, 'after', null, isProtected);
+            treeService.createNote(node, parentNoteId, 'after', { isProtected: isProtected });
         }
         else if (cmd === "insertChildNote") {
-            treeService.createNote(node, node.data.noteId, 'into', null);
+            treeService.createNote(node, node.data.noteId, 'into');
         }
         else if (cmd === "delete") {
             treeChangesService.deleteNodes([node]);

src/public/javascripts/services/search_notes.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import treeService from './tree.js';
+import treeCache from "./tree_cache.js";
 import server from './server.js';
-import treeUtils from "./tree_utils.js";
+import infoService from "./info.js";
 
 const $tree = $("#tree");
 const $searchInput = $("input[name='search-text']");
@@ -64,16 +65,35 @@ async function doSearch(searchText) {
 
         $searchResultsInner.append($result);
     }
+
+    // have at least some feedback which is good especially in situations
+    // when the result list does not change with a query
+    infoService.showMessage("Search finished successfully.");
 }
 
 async function saveSearch() {
-    const {noteId} = await server.post('search/' + encodeURIComponent($searchInput.val()));
+    const searchString = $searchInput.val().trim();
+
+    if (searchString.length === 0) {
+        alert("Write some search criteria first so there is something to save.");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let activeNode = treeService.getActiveNode();
+    const parentNote = await treeCache.getNote(activeNode.data.noteId);
+
+    if (parentNote.type === 'search') {
+        activeNode = activeNode.getParent();
+    }
+
+    await treeService.createNote(activeNode, activeNode.data.noteId, 'into', {
+        type: "search",
+        mime: "application/json",
+        title: searchString,
+        content: JSON.stringify({ searchString: searchString })
+    });
 
     resetSearch();
-
-    await treeService.reload();
-
-    await treeService.activateNote(noteId);
 }
 
 function init() {

src/public/javascripts/services/tree.js

@@ -560,49 +560,44 @@ async function createNewTopLevelNote() {
 
     const rootNode = getNodesByNoteId(hoistedNoteId)[0];
 
-    await createNote(rootNode, hoistedNoteId, "into", null, false);
+    await createNote(rootNode, hoistedNoteId, "into");
 }
 
-/**
+async function createNote(node, parentNoteId, target, extraOptions) {
- * @param type - type can be falsy - in that case it will be chosen automatically based on parent note
- */
-async function createNote(node, parentNoteId, target, type, isProtected, saveSelection = false) {
     utils.assertArguments(node, parentNoteId, target);
 
     // if isProtected isn't available (user didn't enter password yet), then note is created as unencrypted
     // but this is quite weird since user doesn't see WHERE the note is being created so it shouldn't occur often
-    if (!isProtected || !protectedSessionHolder.isProtectedSessionAvailable()) {
+    if (!extraOptions.isProtected || !protectedSessionHolder.isProtectedSessionAvailable()) {
-        isProtected = false;
+        extraOptions.isProtected = false;
     }
 
     if (noteDetailService.getActiveNoteType() !== 'text') {
-        saveSelection = false;
+        extraOptions.saveSelection = false;
     }
     else {
         // just disable this feature altogether - there's a problem that note containing image or table at the beginning
         // of the content will be auto-selected by CKEditor and then CTRL-P with no user interaction will automatically save
         // the selection - see https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5/issues/1384
-        saveSelection = false;
+        extraOptions.saveSelection = false;
     }
 
-    let title, content;
+    if (extraOptions.saveSelection) {
-
+        [extraOptions.title, extraOptions.content] = parseSelectedHtml(window.cutToNote.getSelectedHtml());
-    if (saveSelection) {
-        [title, content] = parseSelectedHtml(window.cutToNote.getSelectedHtml());
     }
 
-    const newNoteName = title || "new note";
+    const newNoteName = extraOptions.title || "new note";
 
     const {note, branch} = await server.post('notes/' + parentNoteId + '/children', {
         title: newNoteName,
-        content: content,
+        content: extraOptions.content,
         target: target,
         target_branchId: node.data.branchId,
-        isProtected: isProtected,
+        isProtected: extraOptions.isProtected,
-        type: type
+        type: extraOptions.type
     });
 
-    if (saveSelection) {
+    if (extraOptions.saveSelection) {
         // we remove the selection only after it was saved to server to make sure we don't lose anything
         window.cutToNote.removeSelection();
     }
@@ -622,9 +617,11 @@ async function createNote(node, parentNoteId, target, type, isProtected, saveSel
         parentNoteId: parentNoteId,
         refKey: branchEntity.noteId,
         branchId: branchEntity.branchId,
-        isProtected: isProtected,
+        isProtected: extraOptions.isProtected,
         extraClasses: await treeBuilder.getExtraClasses(noteEntity),
-        icon: await treeBuilder.getIcon(noteEntity)
+        icon: await treeBuilder.getIcon(noteEntity),
+        folder: extraOptions.type === 'search',
+        lazy: true
     };
 
     if (target === 'after') {
@@ -708,13 +705,19 @@ utils.bindShortcut('ctrl+o', async () => {
         return;
     }
 
-    createNote(node, parentNoteId, 'after', null, isProtected, true);
+    await createNote(node, parentNoteId, 'after', {
+        isProtected: isProtected,
+        saveSelection: true
+    });
 });
 
-function createNoteInto() {
+async function createNoteInto() {
     const node = getActiveNode();
 
-    createNote(node, node.data.noteId, 'into', null, node.data.isProtected, true);
+    await createNote(node, node.data.noteId, 'into', {
+        isProtected: node.data.isProtected,
+        saveSelection: true
+    });
 }
 
 async function checkFolderStatus(node) {
@@ -768,10 +771,8 @@ $scrollToActiveNoteButton.click(scrollToActiveNote);
 export default {
     reload,
     collapseTree,
-    scrollToActiveNote,
     setBranchBackgroundBasedOnProtectedStatus,
     setProtected,
-    expandToNote,
     activateNote,
     getFocusedNode,
     getActiveNode,
@@ -779,7 +780,6 @@ export default {
     setCurrentNotePathToHash,
     setNoteTitle,
     setPrefix,
-    createNewTopLevelNote,
     createNote,
     createNoteInto,
     getSelectedNodes,

src/public/javascripts/services/tree_context_menu.js

@@ -165,12 +165,15 @@ function selectContextMenuItem(event, cmd) {
         const isProtected = treeUtils.getParentProtectedStatus(node);
         const type = cmd.split("_")[1];
 
-        treeService.createNote(node, parentNoteId, 'after', type, isProtected);
+        treeService.createNote(node, parentNoteId, 'after', {
+            type: type,
+            isProtected: isProtected
+        });
     }
     else if (cmd.startsWith("insertChildNote")) {
         const type = cmd.split("_")[1];
 
-        treeService.createNote(node, node.data.noteId, 'into', type);
+        treeService.createNote(node, node.data.noteId, 'into', { type: type });
     }
     else if (cmd === "editBranchPrefix") {
         branchPrefixDialog.showDialog(node);

src/public/stylesheets/desktop.css

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ body {
     display: flex;
     justify-content: space-around;
     padding: 10px 0 10px 0;
-    margin: 0 20px 0 10px;
+    margin: 0 10px 0 10px;
     border: 1px solid var(--main-border-color);
     border-radius: 7px;
 }

src/routes/api/search.js

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 "use strict";
 
-const noteService = require('../../services/notes');
 const repository = require('../../services/repository');
 const noteCacheService = require('../../services/note_cache');
 const log = require('../../services/log');
@@ -13,20 +12,6 @@ async function searchNotes(req) {
     return noteIds.map(noteCacheService.getNotePath).filter(res => !!res);
 }
 
-async function saveSearchToNote(req) {
-    const content = {
-        searchString: req.params.searchString
-    };
-
-    const {note} = await noteService.createNote('root', req.params.searchString, content, {
-        json: true,
-        type: 'search',
-        mime: "application/json"
-    });
-
-    return { noteId: note.noteId };
-}
-
 async function searchFromNote(req) {
     const note = await repository.getNote(req.params.noteId);
 
@@ -52,7 +37,7 @@ async function searchFromNote(req) {
         noteIds = await searchFromRelation(note, relationName);
     }
     else {
-        noteIds = searchService.searchForNoteIds(json.searchString);
+        noteIds = await searchService.searchForNoteIds(json.searchString);
     }
 
     // we won't return search note's own noteId
@@ -100,6 +85,5 @@ async function searchFromRelation(note, relationName) {
 
 module.exports = {
     searchNotes,
-    saveSearchToNote,
     searchFromNote
 };

src/routes/routes.js

@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ function register(app) {
     route(POST, '/api/sender/note', [auth.checkSenderToken], senderRoute.saveNote, apiResultHandler);
 
     apiRoute(GET, '/api/search/:searchString', searchRoute.searchNotes);
-    apiRoute(POST, '/api/search/:searchString', searchRoute.saveSearchToNote);
     apiRoute(GET, '/api/search-note/:noteId', searchRoute.searchFromNote);
 
     route(POST, '/api/login/sync', [], loginApiRoute.loginSync, apiResultHandler);

src/services/build_search_query.js

@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 const utils = require('./utils');
 
-const VIRTUAL_ATTRIBUTES = ["dateCreated", "dateCreated", "dateModified", "utcDateCreated", "utcDateModified", "isProtected", "title", "content", "type", "mime", "text"];
+const VIRTUAL_ATTRIBUTES = [
+    "dateCreated",
+    "dateModified",
+    "utcDateCreated",
+    "utcDateModified",
+    "isProtected",
+    "title",
+    "content",
+    "type",
+    "mime",
+    "text"
+];
 
 module.exports = function(filters, selectedColumns = 'notes.*') {
     // alias => join
@@ -106,7 +117,7 @@ module.exports = function(filters, selectedColumns = 'notes.*') {
         else if (filter.operator === '=*' || filter.operator === '!=*') {
             where += `${accessor}`
                     + (filter.operator.includes('!') ? ' NOT' : '')
-                    + ` LIKE '` + utils.prepareSqlForLike('', filter.value, '%');
+                    + ` LIKE ` + utils.prepareSqlForLike('', filter.value, '%');
         }
         else if (filter.operator === '*=*' || filter.operator === '!*=*') {
             where += `${accessor}`
@@ -149,8 +160,5 @@ module.exports = function(filters, selectedColumns = 'notes.*') {
               GROUP BY notes.noteId
               ORDER BY ${orderBy.join(", ")}`;
 
-    console.log(query);
-    console.log(params);
-
     return { query, params };
 };

src/services/notes.js

@@ -77,6 +77,18 @@ async function createNewNote(parentNoteId, noteData) {
         }
     }
 
+    if (!noteData.mime) {
+        if (noteData.type === 'text') {
+            noteData.mime = 'text/html';
+        }
+        else if (noteData.type === 'code') {
+            noteData.mime = 'text/plain';
+        }
+        else if (noteData.type === 'relation-map' || noteData.type === 'search') {
+            noteData.mime = 'application/json';
+        }
+    }
+
     noteData.type = noteData.type || parentNote.type;
     noteData.mime = noteData.mime || parentNote.mime;
 

src/services/parse_filters.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const dayjs = require("dayjs");
 
-const filterRegex = /(\b(AND|OR)\s+)?@(!?)([\w_]+|"[^"]+")\s*((=|!=|<|<=|>|>=|!?\*=|!?=\*|!?\*=\*)\s*([\w_-]+|"[^"]+"))?/ig;
+const filterRegex = /(\b(AND|OR)\s+)?@(!?)([\w_]+|"[^"]+")\s*((=|!=|<|<=|>|>=|!?\*=|!?=\*|!?\*=\*)\s*([\w_/-]+|"[^"]+"))?/ig;
 const smartValueRegex = /^(NOW|TODAY|WEEK|MONTH|YEAR) *([+\-] *\d+)?$/i;
 
 function calculateSmartValue(v) {

src/views/desktop.ejs

@@ -105,17 +105,23 @@
         </div>
 
         <div id="search-box">
-            <div style="display: flex; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap;">
+            <div class="form-group">
-                <input name="search-text" id="search-text" placeholder="Search text, labels" style="flex-grow: 100; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; flex-basis: 5em; min-width: 0;" autocomplete="off">
+                <div class="input-group">
-                <button id="do-search-button" class="btn btn-sm icon-button jam jam-search" title="Search (enter)"></button>
+                    <input name="search-text" id="search-text" class="form-control" placeholder="Search text, labels" autocomplete="off">
 
-                &nbsp;
+                    <div class="input-group-append">
+                        <button id="do-search-button" class="btn btn-sm icon-button jam jam-search" title="Search (enter)"></button>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
 
-                <button id="save-search-button" class="btn btn-sm icon-button jam jam-save" title="Save search"></button>
 
-                &nbsp;
+            <div style="display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-evenly; flex-wrap: wrap;">
+                <button id="save-search-button" class="btn btn-sm"
+                    title="This will create new saved search note under active note.">
+                    <span class="jam jam-save"></span> Save search</button>
 
-                <button id="close-search-button" class="btn btn-sm icon-button jam jam-close" title="Close search"></button>
+                <button id="close-search-button" class="btn btn-sm"><span class="jam jam-close"></span> Close search</button>
             </div>
         </div>