Add Search and Filters to TasteTrail
Explore how to improve the TasteTrail app's usability by adding search inputs and filters for dish, place, city, and rating. Understand how to implement clear reset and no results states to help users find food memories quickly and efficiently as the list grows.
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TasteTrail is already in a stronger state. The layout is easier to scan, saved memories are now the main focus, and the add-memory flow remains easy to access. This improves the overall usability of the app. However, a practical issue appears once the list starts to grow. Users should not have to scan the entire page to find a specific memory.
That is why search and filters are the next useful improvement. A memory app should not only store entries well. It should also help us get back to the right memory without much effort. In this build, we are making the app easier to browse by adding search, filters, and a clear no results state.
Add search and filters
At this point, the goal is clear. We want to search by dish or place, narrow memories by city or rating, and return to the full list easily when needed. A good prompt should ask for all of those controls clearly while keeping the change focused on browsing rather than on another large redesign. Let's use the prompt below in Bolt to implement this:
Prompt:
Update the existing TasteTrail app.
The app already lets us add, view, edit, and delete food memories. It also has a cleaner browsing layout with saved memories as the main focus. Now improve the browsing experience by helping us find memories more easily when the list grows.
What to add:
A search input that lets us ...