Improve Move/Copy entity selection UX, to make the default display and possible need to search clear

[geoffschultz]

Describe the Bug

I have a book with 9 chapters. When I try to move a page from one chapter to another, the list of locations only includes 5 of the chapters.

Steps to Reproduce

Edit a page in a chapter.
Attempt to move it.
The list of books/chapters that I can move it to does not include all chapters.

Expected Behaviour

All of the existing chapters are listed.

Screenshots or Additional Context

No response

Browser Details

Firefox 121 (64 bit) on Windows 11

Exact BookStack Version

23.12

[ssddanbrown]

Hi @geoffschultz,
Do other chapters show once you start searching?
By default, I think such search views display a subset of popular items until a search is performed.

Somewhat related to #4440.

[geoffschultz]

Hi @ssddanbrown,

Searching doesn't seem to change anything. I tried searching (the first time that I've searched) for both the chapter that I wanted to move the page to as well as pages within that chapter. It appears that it only shows 10 items, and the chapter that I want to move it to isn't shown. I've resorted to copy/paste/delete the page between chapters to move something.

Edit: I just realized that there's a Search field in the Move window, which allows me to find the correct chapter. That solves this, but it's very confusing.

[ssddanbrown]

Something similar has been raised before in #2504.
I'll recategorize this issue as a UX enhancement, focused on making it clear that by default only popular items are shown until you start searching.
TBH, I really thought there was already an open issue for this but can't seem to find it.