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<blockquote data-quote="rsbrux" data-source="post: 1088717" data-attributes="member: 49539">This is one of the greatest, most essential plugins for MP, IMHO. I would second the motion expressed earlier in this thread to include it in MP's default plugins if only because of its great utility.However, if another reason is needed, perhaps this &quot;feature request&quot; would provide one:I often find it a bit awkward to navigate the search results list, and would welcome a bit more flexibility in its display.Specifically, I would like to have the following:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">When searching b more than one field (e.g. album, track and artist), it would help to have the results grouped according to the type of hit.&nbsp; As it is now, the list can include track title hits followed by artist name hits, followed by more track title hits, followed by album name hits, etc.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">It would be nice to have some control over how the results are displayed, analog to Music Views and Music Track Format Masks.&nbsp; For example, I am usually searching in track titles (&quot;songname&quot; in the search UI) and would then prefer to see the results displayed as &lt;title&gt; - &lt;artist&gt;, instead of &lt;artist&gt; - &lt;title&gt;.</li>
</ol>Both of these features might be facilitated by leveraging the existing Music Views, which presumably would be easier than trying to create such a mechanism in the plugin.&nbsp; I can imagine a few possible ways of doing this (but there are probably others):<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">If multiple fields are selected to search, group first by field found.&nbsp; In each group, then use the Music View (and corresponding Music Track Format Masks) already defined by the user for the related normal Music Views in MP Configuration (e.g. &quot;Albums&quot; view for album search, &quot;Songs&quot;&nbsp; view for track title search, etc.) 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Designate reserved names for Music Views (and optionally Music Track Format Masks) to be used for displaying Search Music results (perhaps again by field found).&nbsp; These would then be defined as before in the Music section of MP Configuration.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Make a new instance of the Music Views dialog (and optionally also the Music Track Format Masks dialog) within the Search Music plugin configuration, specifically to define search results views.</li>
</ol>Thanks again to the development team (and skinners) for this great plugin!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rsbrux, post: 1088717, member: 49539"] This is one of the greatest, most essential plugins for MP, IMHO. I would second the motion expressed earlier in this thread to include it in MP's default plugins if only because of its great utility. However, if another reason is needed, perhaps this "feature request" would provide one: I often find it a bit awkward to navigate the search results list, and would welcome a bit more flexibility in its display. Specifically, I would like to have the following: [LIST=1] [*]When searching b more than one field (e.g. album, track and artist), it would help to have the results grouped according to the type of hit. As it is now, the list can include track title hits followed by artist name hits, followed by more track title hits, followed by album name hits, etc. [*]It would be nice to have some control over how the results are displayed, analog to Music Views and Music Track Format Masks. For example, I am usually searching in track titles ("songname" in the search UI) and would then prefer to see the results displayed as <title> - <artist>, instead of <artist> - <title>. [/LIST] Both of these features might be facilitated by leveraging the existing Music Views, which presumably would be easier than trying to create such a mechanism in the plugin. I can imagine a few possible ways of doing this (but there are probably others): [LIST=1] [*]If multiple fields are selected to search, group first by field found. In each group, then use the Music View (and corresponding Music Track Format Masks) already defined by the user for the related normal Music Views in MP Configuration (e.g. "Albums" view for album search, "Songs" view for track title search, etc.) [*]Designate reserved names for Music Views (and optionally Music Track Format Masks) to be used for displaying Search Music results (perhaps again by field found). These would then be defined as before in the Music section of MP Configuration. [*]Make a new instance of the Music Views dialog (and optionally also the Music Track Format Masks dialog) within the Search Music plugin configuration, specifically to define search results views. [/LIST] Thanks again to the development team (and skinners) for this great plugin! [/QUOTE]

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