short URL for all projects search wanted

[ilovemaui]

so i recently enabled projects in my opengrok instance. but do a search, you need to specify all of them (the url). so perhaps we can add an enhancement/keyword that will let you search all projects.. for example..
i have proj1 proj2 proj3 proj4 proj5
so I have to do a search like this:
https://myopengrok/source/search?q=foobar&defs=&refs=&path=&hist=&type=&project=proj1&project=proj2&project=proj3
&project=dpkg&project=proj4&project=proj5

if would be nice if we could have a single keyword that would include all of them. thanks.
fyi, this should also be added to command line tool.

[tulinkry]

In the web interface you can hit the "select all" button above the project picker. The selection is stored in a cookie afterwards and then it's selected automatically. It kinda solves the problem in the web interface however there is no special keyword.

[vladak]

So this is asking for something like this:

https://myopengrok/source/search?q=foobar&defs=&refs=&path=&hist=&type=&project=ALL

[vladak]

Related to #1048 in a sense that too many projects make the URL long enough to hit limits.

[ilovemaui]

perhaps something like that.. before, I didn't use projects at all, and we just searched everything anyhow. I am currently hardcoding the list, but this enhancement would make that unnecessary.

[tulinkry]

@vladak I'd suggest a different parameter than "project" as the project name can be arbitrary. Something like this:

https://myopengrok/source/search?q=foobar&defs=&refs=&path=&hist=&type=&search_all=true

[ilovemaui]

additionally, and i don't know if it related. but when you open a browser for the 1st time, there are no projects selects. While it does remember once you put in the projects you want. is there any way to default to include all projects the first time a browser is open?

[tulinkry]

No there is not

[ilovemaui]

ok. thanks. I wasn't sure if this could be a useful enhancement

[tulinkry]

ok. thanks. I wasn't sure if this could be a useful enhancement

By the way this was already suggested a long time ago (#28) and it could be an useful enhancement

[adamscybot]

This is needed. I have 100's of projects and so when I want to share the link with another developer its prohibitively long.

[tulinkry]

Also kinda duplicate of #563