[okular] [Bug 416763] New: UI: Move Find bar to the top right and make it compact (like Chromium)

[leftcrane]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=416763

            Bug ID: 416763
           Summary: UI: Move Find bar to the top right and make it compact
                    (like Chromium)
           Product: okular
           Version: 1.9.1
          Platform: Kubuntu Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: okular-devel at kde.org
          Reporter: leftcrane at tutanota.com
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
The search bar currently appears at the bottom of the application and takes up
the full horizontal distance.

This has multiple disadvantages:

1. In the case of a floating windows, the entire find bar can easily disappear
outside the display area. Just move the window down a bit and invoke the Find
interface. You will not be able to see the find bar at all.
2. Displaying the search bar at the very bottom requires the user to shift
their center of attention from the top of the screen to very bottom (whereas
most applications display their tools at the top, including the find button in
Okular)
3. The horizontally maximized find bar obscures much more content than it needs
to. It is very rare that someone would type more than about ten characters into
the search interface, so the space is stolen from the content and wasted.
4. The prev/next result buttons in the horizontally maximized find bar are
located on the opposite end of the screen from where the user enters the
keyword (the location of the cursor). A compact search bar would ensure that
these buttons are close to the cursor.

I think these are compelling reasons to change the UI. The current Find UI does
not appear to offer any advantages - only disadvantages, and pretty serious
ones.

One problem is consistency with other applications like Kate. Kate displays the
find bar at the bottom, like many other text editors. However, Kate could
probably also benefit from moving this interface to the top right (see Gnome
builder
https://d2.alternativeto.net/dist/s/gnome-builder_443674_full.png?format=jpg&width=1600&height=1600&mode=min&upscale=false)

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