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2023-06-15frontend

Scene and user search

  • Change: Combobox search added for scenes (94bf61d2 "scene search added") and users (b236272d "user search") via downshift. Scene results sorted by deploy count (8ef9d472); user search reroutes via wallet address. Scene search hits a custom /api/search endpoint.
  • Why: Navigation by URL or sidebar only worked if you already knew the exact scene name or wallet address. Combobox search let users discover scenes and profiles by partial name — useful for anyone who heard about a scene but didn't know its exact slug.
  • Affected Modules: pages/api/search/, src/components/global/search/, sidebar
  • Trade-offs:
    • Pro: Discovery path for scenes and users without requiring exact URLs.
    • Con: Two separate search flows (scene vs user) with different sort logic and different backing endpoints; they were never unified into a single search surface, so the search UX is slightly inconsistent.