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[rustdoc search] allow setting crates to search in before showing results #129537
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It used to work that way. There are two reasons why it doesn't any more:
- less clutter Controls and search in Rustdoc header are visually distracting #59840
- less stuff that needs to load Improve loading of crates.js and sidebar-items.js #98124
hmm... it might be possible to offset both of those...
what if it was prerendered, and we hid it behind a setting?
A better possibility might be to show it when you focus the search box, without requiring you to type anything into it first.
yeah, that's actually what i was originally going to suggest for mobile.
i think that should be doable with just css, actually.
specifically, this would mean moving the
#crate-searchdropdown so it is available outside of the results screen.on desktops, it could be moved into the
<rustdoc-search>search form, and displayed in a single line. on mobile, it could be displayed directly underneath the search bar line.this would significantly speed up searching through the
nightly-rustcdocs when you already know what crate you want to search, although it would require some small refactorings of rustdoc'ssearch.js.