Monica: Feature Request: Add search bar in navigation

[tylerbmcsilva]

It would be nice to have the "search" function that is able to pull from all data on Monica

[djaiss]

I agree. I'll do that in the future for sure.

[EquineOntology]

I'd like to have a stab at this if possible. @djaiss are you working on this already?

I think there's a few things open for debate:

1. Placement in the UI: my personal experience with using Monica would put this in the top navigation as @tylerbmcsilva suggested, visible on _all_ pages. I think it's important enough as a quick way to retrieve the information stored in the db to warrant that spot.

2. Style: I think the only sensible way to integrate it in the top nav, if we end up deciding that, is to do so like Laravel's documentation, e.g. an "invisible" input.

3. Where to search: I feel like searching on all data by default would be overkill, but I do see how searching tables other than contacts would be useful. I don't have a strong opinion either way so I'm open to guidance on the matter.

This seems like a fairly straightforward feature, so I chose it for my first contribution to Monica. Differing opinions are welcome.

[djaiss]

Thanks @HHErebus for your contribution.

I think it'd be a great feature. In terms of design I don't think it should be an invisible field. Check the design idea below.

About searching data themselves, I'd say let's search for contacts first. It'd be like a "quick jump" feature. I think that's the simplest first iteration we can do.

[EquineOntology]

That's great, many thanks for the quick turnaround :D On mobile, I think I can just put it below the list of nav actions (i.e. it would be the last item in the nav), wdyt?

[djaiss]

This is done and in production.