reimplemented triggering search from URL, fixes #385

src/public/app/components/tab_manager.js

@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ export default class TabManager extends Component {
                     parsedFromUrl.viewScope,
                     parsedFromUrl.hoistedNoteId
                 );
+            } else if (parsedFromUrl.searchString) {
+                await appContext.triggerCommand('searchNotes', {
+                    searchString: parsedFromUrl.searchString
+                });
             }
         }
         catch (e) {

src/public/app/services/link.js

@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ function parseNavigationStateFromUrl(url) {
     };
     let ntxId = null;
     let hoistedNoteId = null;
+    let searchString = null;
 
     if (paramString) {
         for (const pair of paramString.split("&")) {
@@ -164,6 +165,8 @@ function parseNavigationStateFromUrl(url) {
                 ntxId = value;
             } else if (name === 'hoistedNoteId') {
                 hoistedNoteId = value;
+            } else if (name === 'searchString') {
+                searchString = value; // supports triggering search from URL, e.g. #?searchString=blabla
             } else if (['viewMode', 'attachmentId'].includes(name)) {
                 viewScope[name] = value;
             } else {
@@ -177,7 +180,8 @@ function parseNavigationStateFromUrl(url) {
         noteId: treeService.getNoteIdFromUrl(notePath),
         ntxId,
         hoistedNoteId,
-        viewScope
+        viewScope,
+        searchString
     };
 }
 

src/public/app/widgets/search_options/search_string.js

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export default class SearchString extends AbstractSearchOption {
     }
 
     focusOnSearchDefinitionEvent() {
-        this.$searchString.val(appContext.lastSearchString).focus().select();
+        this.$searchString.val(this.$searchString.val().trim() || appContext.lastSearchString).focus().select();
         this.spacedUpdate.scheduleUpdate();
     }
 }