sort tag suggestions by frequency or recency

[manuelleduc]

Related issue

Related to #1021, which has a Sort tags by frequency unchecked item.

Problem

I use a tag called wallabako to mark articles I want to read on my Kobo. Every time I save a link I have to open the tags screen, and because wallabako is alphabetically at the bottom of my list, I have to scroll down to it each time, or use the filter. This is a small annoyance, but I believe it can be improved.

Ideas

See below a few ideas I thought of that could make it easier to add frequently used tags:

• Sort by frequency — tags used most often across all articles float to the top (same as Improve article tags managing screen #1021).
• Sort by recency — tags applied most recently appear first (useful when processing a batch of articles on the same topic, as noted in a comment in Improve article tags managing screen #1021).
• Pinned / favourite tags — a small set of explicitly starred tags always shown first, before any filtering.

I don't have a strong personal preference as long at most of the time the tag I'm looking for is directly visible when I open the tags screen.

Offer to help

I'm a software engineer, and I'm happy to contribute to the design and implementation if the idea is agreed on.

Sincerely,
Manuel

[jason-mehmel]

A plus-one to these suggested features! (All or any of them.)

I find the text entry option for tags difficult, because if you're applying multiple tags, you eventually have the text entry box below the on screen android keyboard, which makes it hard to complete the typing or select a tag that matches the text entry so far!