This is such a great idea.
Some thoughts:
As a power user
I want the Find Journey modal to function like the Obsidian wiki link search
So that I can avoid context-switching between search modes
And I can focus on finding the links between my notes instead of wrestling with a dialog box.
As a power user
I want the Find Journey modal to show more than a handful of wiki link search results
So that I can use the plugin the same way I use the native Obsidian search.
Some examples…
I have several notes on Luhmann, but the modal appears restricted to only show 5 notes, 4 of which are source/reference notes with the names truncated due to space:
I also have several notes regarding particular focus areas of Luhmann’s method, but these are not displayed:
… unless I include the apostrophe:
Compare the above to the same type of search using the Obsidian native quick switcher search:
Quick switcher search returns more relevant results in an easier to read format.
And the quick switcher search supports partial matches for fuzzy searching, which makes search far more fluid:
Now having said all of that, it would be EVEN BETTER if it functioned like the wiki link search. I have a separate feature request in to the devs to make the quick switcher (shown above) function more like the wiki link search: Quick switcher output should match wiki link popup format to reduce visual noise
Ex:
This IMO is the ideal format because it moves the paths to subtle text below the actual note name, making visual scanning much easier.
This may in fact be something best implemented as a hook in the Obsidian plugin API, allowing the execution of a search like this with the results returned to the caller which could be any arbitrary plugin, allowing plugins to implement searching using the Obsidian native capabilities rather than reinventing the wheel. I’ll submit a feature request for that as well.
Edit: Submitted feature request.