File Search Functionality in File Picker

File Search Functionality in File Picker

by Grant Harbor -
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I've put in a request in the Moodle Tracker about including a basic Search Function into the Moodle File Repository (within the File Picker).

As an administrator and teacher of a Moodle course I find it super hard to find files in the Site Files directory and a simple Search by "file name" functionality seems to make sense to me?

https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-40383

https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-23296

Please vote for this issue to be resolved, if you think this would be a good funtion.

I know that Moodle is not a File Repository, but us poor K-12 schools can't afford a proper CMS and a simple name search would help a lot.. smile

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In reply to Grant Harbor

Re: File Search Functionality in File Picker

by Davo Smith -
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Please don't cross post to multiple forums (or open duplicate bug reports in tracker). As for your question - I can't say for certain why search was not included, but I suspect that it is related to the complexity of providing such a feature, especially considering the different access permissions provided by different activities.
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