Search sprites and sprites folder to not cooperate properly. about scratchaddons

[Waakul]

The issue here seems to be that folders are treated just like sprites. When the folder is closed, the sprites in that folder are not considered to exist.

Folder closed: Folder opened:

Here, the two sprites in the folder were renamed to "In 1" and "In 2", so the query doesn't match.

It's supposed to act like that tbh. if the folder is closed, it's not supposed to display sprites inside that....

[windsoryeh]

My expectation here is that the add-on is supposed to know the existence of the sprites inside the closed folders. I am aware that the issue is caused by the folders being treated as sprites. The reason why we should be able to search for sprites inside closed folders is because that way, we can instantly locate the sprites without having to plow through the folders we have created.

[mxmou]

It is working as it is supposed to be, to search in a folder you're supposed to open it. Think about how folders and files work on your computer.

At least on Windows, searching in a folder includes all subfolders. I think users will expect a similar behavior here.

[iqnite]

What about the following fix:
When the user searches for a sprite by name...

1. Remember which folders are opened and which ones are closed
2. Open all folders
3. Search for the sprite
   When the search is cleared, close the folders that were closed before the search.

[Waakul]

It is working as it is supposed to be, to search in a folder you're supposed to open it. Think about how folders and files work on your computer.

[Waakul]

It is working as it is supposed to be, to search in a folder you're supposed to open it. Think about how folders and files work on your computer.

At least on Windows, searching in a folder includes all subfolders. I think users will expect a similar behavior here.

Yes, indeed we can search for subfolders in a folder... And we can search folders here?

[mybearworld]

The issue here seems to be that folders are treated just like sprites. When the folder is closed, the sprites in that folder are not considered to exist.

Folder closed:

Folder opened:

Here, the two sprites in the folder were renamed to "In 1" and "In 2", so the query doesn't match.

[mybearworld]

It's supposed to act like that tbh. if the folder is closed, it's not supposed to display sprites inside that....

But then you have to, before your search, open all the folders you want to search in.

I think it should always show folders if their name or a name of a sprite inside of them matches the search query, regardless of if they're opened or closed.

[windsoryeh]

The issue here seems to be that folders are treated just like sprites. When the folder is closed, the sprites in that folder are not considered to exist.
Folder closed: Folder opened:
Here, the two sprites in the folder were renamed to "In 1" and "In 2", so the query doesn't match.

It's supposed to act like that tbh. if the folder is closed, it's not supposed to display sprites inside that....

If we weren't able to search for contents of closed folders, we would have to open EVERY folders in able to search for all sprites, by the time we would have already located where the sprite was.
By the way, the addon could do well with an option to open or close every folders.