refactor(finder): improve feature UX

Search every text field with optional filters, keep result selection stable, and expose clearer match context and counts. Cover query parsing, matching, mixed-entry indexing, and the reveal flow.
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Carlos Valente
2026-08-21 21:03:43 +02:00
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import { EntryId, MaybeString, SupportedEntry, isOntimeEvent, isOntimeGroup, isOntimeMilestone } from 'ontime-types';
import { ChangeEvent, useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
import {
CustomFields,
EntryId,
MaybeNumber,
MaybeString,
OntimeEntry,
OntimeEvent,
OntimeGroup,
OntimeMilestone,
isOntimeDelay,
isOntimeEvent,
} from 'ontime-types';
import { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
import useCustomFields from '../../../common/hooks-query/useCustomFields';
import { useFlatRundown } from '../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
import { useSelectAndRevealEntry } from '../../../features/rundown/useSelectAndRevealEntry';
const maxResults = 12;
/** How many results we render, the total number of matches is reported separately */
const maxResults = 50;
/** Notes can hold a whole script, we only show enough to explain the match */
const excerptPadding = 40;
type FilterableGroup = {
type: SupportedEntry.Group;
id: EntryId;
index: number;
title: string;
colour: string;
};
const indexFilter = 'index';
type FilterableEvent = {
type: SupportedEntry.Event;
/** Everything except delays, which carry no text to search */
type SearchableEntry = OntimeEvent | OntimeGroup | OntimeMilestone;
type FinderFilter = { key: string; label: string };
/**
* Offered to the user as filter badges. Index is a positional lookup rather than a
* text field, so it is handled separately from the fields a search runs over.
*/
const staticFilters: FinderFilter[] = [
{ key: indexFilter, label: 'Index' },
{ key: 'cue', label: 'Cue' },
{ key: 'title', label: 'Title' },
{ key: 'note', label: 'Note' },
];
/** Why an entry matched, so the UI can show the user */
type FinderMatch = { key: string; label: string; excerpt: string };
export type FinderResult = {
id: EntryId;
/** position in the flat rundown, which is how the rundown reveals an entry */
index: number;
eventIndex: number;
/** 1-based position among events, null for groups and milestones */
eventIndex: MaybeNumber;
title: string;
/** groups have no cue */
cue: string;
colour: string;
parent: MaybeString;
/** absent when the entry was found by index rather than by matching text */
match: FinderMatch | null;
};
type FilterableMilestone = {
type: SupportedEntry.Milestone;
id: EntryId;
index: number;
title: string;
cue: string;
colour: string;
parent: MaybeString;
};
type SearchOutcome = { results: FinderResult[]; error: MaybeString; total: number };
type FilterableEntry = FilterableGroup | FilterableEvent | FilterableMilestone;
const noResults: SearchOutcome = { results: [], error: null, total: 0 };
export default function useFinder() {
/** Groups are the only searchable entry with neither a cue nor a parent */
function toResult(entry: SearchableEntry, index: number, eventIndex: MaybeNumber, match: FinderMatch | null) {
return {
id: entry.id,
index,
eventIndex,
title: entry.title,
cue: 'cue' in entry ? entry.cue : '',
colour: entry.colour,
parent: 'parent' in entry ? entry.parent : null,
match,
} satisfies FinderResult;
}
/** Shows enough of a long value for the user to see why it matched */
function makeExcerpt(value: string, matchIndex: number, searchLength: number): string {
const start = Math.max(0, matchIndex - excerptPadding);
const end = Math.min(value.length, matchIndex + searchLength + excerptPadding);
return `${start > 0 ? '…' : ''}${value.slice(start, end)}${end < value.length ? '…' : ''}`;
}
/**
* The first field of an entry to contain the search string, if any.
* Fields are tried in the order we prefer to report a match.
*/
function findMatch(
entry: SearchableEntry,
customFields: CustomFields,
filterKey: MaybeString,
searchString: string,
): FinderMatch | null {
function check(key: string, label: string, value: string): FinderMatch | null {
if (!value || (filterKey !== null && key !== filterKey)) {
return null;
}
const matchIndex = value.toLowerCase().indexOf(searchString);
if (matchIndex === -1) {
return null;
}
return { key, label, excerpt: makeExcerpt(value, matchIndex, searchString.length) };
}
// groups have no cue, the rest is common to every searchable entry
const fromCue = 'cue' in entry ? check('cue', 'Cue', entry.cue) : null;
const match = fromCue ?? check('title', 'Title', entry.title) ?? check('note', 'Note', entry.note);
if (match !== null) {
return match;
}
// custom fields are named by the project, so these can only be reached generically
for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(entry.custom)) {
const definition = customFields[key];
if (definition?.type !== 'text') {
continue;
}
const custom = check(key, definition.label || key, value);
if (custom) return custom;
}
return null;
}
/**
* Splits the raw search value into an optional field filter and the text to look for.
* Both `cue 12` and `cue:12` are accepted so that typing agrees with the filter badges.
*/
export function parseQuery(searchValue: string, filters: FinderFilter[]) {
for (const filter of filters) {
// the search value is already lowercased, custom field keys are not
const prefix = filter.key.toLowerCase();
if (searchValue === prefix) {
return { filterKey: filter.key, searchString: '' };
}
if (searchValue.startsWith(`${prefix} `) || searchValue.startsWith(`${prefix}:`)) {
return { filterKey: filter.key, searchString: searchValue.slice(prefix.length + 1).trim() };
}
}
return { filterKey: null, searchString: searchValue };
}
/** Finds the single event at a 1-based position in the rundown */
export function searchByIndex(data: OntimeEntry[], indexString: string): SearchOutcome {
const target = Number(indexString);
if (isNaN(target) || target < 1) {
return { ...noResults, error: 'Invalid index' };
}
let eventIndex = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
const entry = data[i];
if (!isOntimeEvent(entry)) {
continue;
}
eventIndex++;
if (eventIndex === target) {
return { results: [toResult(entry, i, eventIndex, null)], error: null, total: 1 };
}
}
return noResults;
}
/**
* Matches entries on a single field when one is selected, otherwise on every text field.
* Results keep rundown order, which keeps them predictable during a show.
*/
export function searchByText(
data: OntimeEntry[],
customFields: CustomFields,
filterKey: MaybeString,
searchString: string,
): SearchOutcome {
const results: FinderResult[] = [];
let total = 0;
// indexes exposed to the UI are 1-based
let eventIndex = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
const entry = data[i];
if (isOntimeDelay(entry)) {
continue;
}
const isEvent = isOntimeEvent(entry);
if (isEvent) {
eventIndex++;
}
const match = findMatch(entry, customFields, filterKey, searchString);
if (match === null) {
continue;
}
total++;
if (results.length < maxResults) {
results.push(toResult(entry, i, isEvent ? eventIndex : null, match));
}
}
return { results, error: null, total };
}
/**
* @param searchValue - the text the user is looking for
* @param activeFilter - a field selected from the filter badges, if any
*/
export default function useFinder(searchValue: string, activeFilter: MaybeString) {
const { data, rundownId } = useFlatRundown();
const [results, setResults] = useState<FilterableEntry[]>([]);
const [error, setError] = useState<MaybeString>(null);
const lastSearchString = useRef('');
const { data: customFields } = useCustomFields();
const selectAndRevealEntry = useSelectAndRevealEntry(rundownId);
/** Filters the rundown to a given evaluation */
const find = useCallback(
(event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
if (!data || data.length === 0) {
setError('No data');
return;
}
setError(null);
/** The filters offered to the user: the fixed fields plus whatever the project defines */
const filters = useMemo<FinderFilter[]>(() => {
const customFilters = Object.entries(customFields)
.filter(([_key, field]) => field.type === 'text')
.map(([key, field]) => ({ key, label: field.label || key }));
return [...staticFilters, ...customFilters];
}, [customFields]);
if (event.target.value === '') {
setResults([]);
return;
}
const { results, error, total, appliedFilter } = useMemo(() => {
if (data.length === 0) {
return { ...noResults, error: 'No data', appliedFilter: activeFilter };
}
const searchValue = event.target.value.toLowerCase();
lastSearchString.current = searchValue;
const normalised = searchValue.trim().toLowerCase();
if (normalised === '') {
return { ...noResults, appliedFilter: activeFilter };
}
if (searchValue.startsWith('index ')) {
const searchString = searchValue.slice('index '.length).trim();
const { results, error } = searchByIndex(searchString);
setResults(results);
setError(error);
return;
}
/**
* If a badge is selected it scopes the search; otherwise, keyword prefixes in the input
* (e.g. "cue:" / "title:") are parsed and the matching badge is highlighted.
*/
const { filterKey, searchString } = activeFilter
? { filterKey: activeFilter, searchString: normalised }
: parseQuery(normalised, filters);
if (searchValue.startsWith('cue ')) {
const searchString = searchValue.slice('cue '.length).trim();
const { results, error } = searchByCue(searchString);
setResults(results);
setError(error);
return;
}
const searchString = searchValue.startsWith('title ') ? searchValue.slice('title '.length).trim() : searchValue;
const { results, error } = searchByTitle(searchString);
setResults(results);
setError(error);
/** Returns a single item with a matching index */
function searchByIndex(searchString: string) {
const searchIndex = Number(searchString);
if (isNaN(searchIndex) || searchIndex < 1) {
return { results: [], error: 'Invalid index' };
}
if (searchIndex > data.length) {
return { results: [], error: null };
}
// indexes exposed to the UI are 1-based
let eventIndex = 1;
const results: FilterableEvent[] = [];
for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
const event = data[i];
if (isOntimeEvent(event)) {
if (eventIndex === searchIndex) {
results.push({
type: SupportedEntry.Event,
id: event.id,
index: i,
eventIndex,
title: event.title,
cue: event.cue,
colour: event.colour,
parent: event.parent,
} satisfies FilterableEvent);
break;
}
eventIndex++;
}
}
return { results, error: null };
}
/** Returns maxResults of OntimeEvents that match the cue field */
function searchByCue(searchString: string) {
// indexes exposed to the UI are 1-based
let eventIndex = 1;
// limit amount of results we show
let remaining = maxResults;
const results: FilterableEvent[] = [];
for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
if (remaining <= 0) {
break;
}
const event = data[i];
if (isOntimeEvent(event)) {
if (event.cue.toLowerCase().includes(searchString)) {
remaining--;
results.push({
type: SupportedEntry.Event,
id: event.id,
index: i,
eventIndex,
title: event.title,
cue: event.cue,
colour: event.colour,
parent: event.parent,
} satisfies FilterableEvent);
}
eventIndex++;
}
}
return { results, error: null };
}
/** Returns maxResults of OntimeEvents that match the title field*/
function searchByTitle(searchString: string) {
// indexes exposed to the UI are 1-based
let eventIndex = 1;
// limit amount of results we show
let remaining = maxResults;
const results: FilterableEntry[] = [];
for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
if (remaining <= 0) {
break;
}
const entry = data[i];
if (isOntimeEvent(entry)) {
if (entry.title.toLowerCase().includes(searchString)) {
remaining--;
results.push({
type: SupportedEntry.Event,
id: entry.id,
index: i,
eventIndex,
title: entry.title,
cue: entry.cue,
colour: entry.colour,
parent: entry.parent,
} satisfies FilterableEvent);
}
eventIndex++;
} else if (isOntimeGroup(entry)) {
if (entry.title.toLowerCase().includes(searchString)) {
remaining--;
results.push({
type: SupportedEntry.Group,
id: entry.id,
index: i,
title: entry.title,
colour: entry.colour,
} satisfies FilterableGroup);
}
} else if (isOntimeMilestone(entry)) {
if (entry.title.toLowerCase().includes(searchString)) {
remaining--;
results.push({
type: SupportedEntry.Milestone,
id: entry.id,
index: i,
title: entry.title,
cue: entry.cue,
colour: entry.colour,
parent: entry.parent,
} satisfies FilterableMilestone);
}
}
}
return { results, error: null };
}
},
[data],
);
if (filterKey === indexFilter) {
return { ...searchByIndex(data, searchString), appliedFilter: filterKey };
}
if (searchString === '') {
// a filter is selected, but there is nothing to match on yet
return { ...noResults, appliedFilter: filterKey };
}
return { ...searchByText(data, customFields, filterKey, searchString), appliedFilter: filterKey };
}, [data, customFields, filters, searchValue, activeFilter]);
const select = useCallback(
(selectedEvent: FilterableEntry) => {
selectAndRevealEntry({
id: selectedEvent.id,
index: selectedEvent.index,
parent: 'parent' in selectedEvent ? selectedEvent.parent : null,
});
(result: FinderResult) => {
selectAndRevealEntry({ id: result.id, index: result.index, parent: result.parent });
},
[selectAndRevealEntry],
);
/** clear results when source data changes */
useEffect(() => {
setResults([]);
setError(null);
// fake a submit event to re-run the search
if (lastSearchString.current) {
find({ target: { value: lastSearchString.current } } as ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>);
}
}, [data, find]);
return { find, select, results, error };
return { select, results, error, total, filters, appliedFilter };
}