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While working on two sites with huge lists of fields in views, I threw together the views_ui_tamer module to make life just a bit easier.

The module will probably not make it to drupal.org, but there is a patch here: http://drupal.org/node/981094

This should work for views 2 and 3.

views_ui_tamer adds two ease-of-use features to the views ui.

1. The jquery quicksearch plugin is used to filter checkbox options in the add_item_form. This lets you quickly find a field, argument, filter, etc to add.

Let's say you're not thinking too clearly after renaming about 40 cck fields used in a view. The view is now broken and rather than working through the views ui you decide to try to fix them in the export code. So you test out a change on one field, delete the original view and import.

I've just released the initial version of Flag lists, a flag module add-on that lets normal users create unlimited "personal" flags. The module is in early development with plenty to do, but it works. Thanks to quicksketch for his help.

See the project page for more info: http://drupal.org/project/flag_lists

The views module is often used in place of or in addition to Drupal's core search module or other search modules when more control is required. By adding exposed filters, a site's visitors can narrow a search by the value of any field and many node object values.

The results can quickly be themed to highlight the search keys just like core search.

I've been building the community pages for a client's site where one of the most popular areas is the forum. The design called for the forum listing to be the default menu tab with a second tab for searching the forum. I wanted to use a view with an exposed filter to search the site index and limit the results to this specific forum.