Separate search view with filtering ("Advanced search")

[audunmb]

Having all results only in the small dropdown under the search bar makes it difficult to use the search properly. It's good for quick searches, but there should be an option for more advanced search, similar to the search in Mastodon web view. See my comments on #2410

I suggest that when pressing Enter in the search bar, it should open a new view with options like in Mastodon. (see #682

In addition to sorting the view by All, Profiles, Hashtags and Posts (as in Mastodon), there should be options for filtering the results.

Filters I wish for are:

• the built in Mastodon options (has:, is:, language:,from:,in:, before:, during: and after:)
• search within my favourited posts (Mastodon issue here )
• search within my bookmarked posts
• limit search by instance
• limit search to followed and/or followers only
• limit search to list only
• limit search to posts with hashtags (and/or for more than one hashtag) see Tag-combination feeds #905
• standard search operators for full text search (AND, OR, "exact text quotes", etc)

[Christopher-Hayes]

I like the idea of pressing enter to go to the search page, it's a fairly universal UX choice for autocomplete search.

To add some history of search in Elk from what I could find:

#265 - Search was added, but only as the dropdown search widget.
#585 - The /search page was added, but only added for searching mobile, and it's just a page with the dropdown search widget on it.
#1303 - The /search page was removed, the dropdown search widget was added to /explore on mobile.
#2075 - Partial revert of #1303. The dropdown search widget was not optimal on mobile. /search page added back in for mobile (using the dropdown search widget).

So, it seems the reason enter doesn't go to the /search page is because it hasn't been fully implemented yet, it's only a blank page with the dropdown search widget on it.