Move search in view closer to Name field

Ideas & Features
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Currently, the search box for entities is placed in the top-right corner of the view. However, in most database tables the primary field (entity name) is located on the left side, which is also where users visually focus first when scanning records.

Because of this, searching for entities often requires moving attention across the entire interface.

Suggestion:
It would be great to allow placing the search field on the top-left side of the view, closer to the primary column.

This could be implemented as either:

  • a setting for the view (search position: left / right), or

  • a general UI preference.

This would make entity search feel more natural and reduce visual scanning distance, especially in views where the primary field is heavily used.

Fibery UX/UI enhancements
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I/we experience an issue that seems related: I and other users often get confused because we forget that we have used the search field - so we can’t see all the records we expect to see, and we don’t know why. I usually spend a bit trying to figure out if my filters are misconfigured before I remember to check the search field to see if I have something typed there. It would help a lot if the search was next to the filter buttons.

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