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[Tracker] Launcher search result weighting issues #3371

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jyuwono opened this issue May 20, 2020 · 2 comments
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[Tracker] Launcher search result weighting issues #3371

jyuwono opened this issue May 20, 2020 · 2 comments
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jyuwono commented May 20, 2020

This is the master tracking item for launcher's search result weighting issues

Bug # Title PR #
#3271 Optimize the order of search results
#3229 Power Toys Run should remember frequently used apps
#3128 launcher isn't prioritizing exact match #3213
#3169 An option to let running programs be first in the results list
#3145 Run takes too many launches to associate terms with launched apps
#3560 Prioritize results with a word that starts with my search term, not ones that end with it
#3559 Unexpected priority of search results for "term" #3874
#3624 Support Fuzzy searching of apps
#3699 Allow filter out search results
#3461 if i search for cmd, cmd with no args should be first. all others should follow
#4229 The sort order of result appears unexpectedly

Based on the launcher spec, this should be added to settings:

[Dropdown] Set search result preference

  • Most commonly used (default)
  • Most recently used
  • Alphabetical order
  • Running processes/opened applications
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htcfreek commented May 21, 2020

I think we should prioritizing in the following order for open apps:

  1. exact application name match (command prompt = command prompt)
  2. exact file name and extension match (cmd.exe = cmd.exe)
  3. exact file name match (cmd = cmd.exe)
  4. sub matches (command = command prompt; prompt = command prompt)

It could also be helpful to simply search for a file called cmd* in the paths of the path variable and execute it, if the user type cmd and hit enter.

Originally posted by me in #3461.

@jyuwono jyuwono changed the title Launcher search result weighting issues [Tracker] Launcher search result weighting issues May 26, 2020
@alekhyareddy28 alekhyareddy28 self-assigned this May 28, 2020
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crutkas commented Dec 10, 2020

closing this against #5273

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