Why did AEM AaCS remove the search from fileupload?

[soype]

We just migrated from AEM 6.5 on premise to AEM as a Cloud Service. The fileupload no longer features the ability to search. Where it used to say "Type to search" now just says "Select Path". This feels like a step back in AEM functionalities.

I know the "fix" is to replace the fileupload with pathfield, but the UI is different and it doesn't allow for file uploads directly. So you still end up loosing some features.

Not sure how to request a feature but I think the fileupload should be fitted with an assetpicker search like before. Happy to hear any suggestions here as now we have a team of authors complaining that they need to swim across multiple folders to pick a featured image.

To be clear, I'm talking about 

cq/gui/components/authoring/dialog/fileupload

Here is how it's used on page v3

<file

granite:class="cmp-image__editor-file-upload"

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

sling:resourceType="cq/gui/components/authoring/dialog/fileupload"

allowDrop="{Boolean}false"

allowUpload="{Boolean}true"

class="cq-droptarget"

fieldDescription="Used in components referencing the page (e.g. teaser, list of pages)"

fieldLabel="Image"

fileNameParameter="./cq:featuredimage/fileName"

fileReferenceParameter="./cq:featuredimage/fileReference"

mimeTypes="[image/gif,image/jpeg,image/png,image/tiff,image/svg+xml]"

name="./cq:featuredimage/file">

<granite:data

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

cq-msm-lockable="/cq:featuredimage"/>

</file>

[ManviSharma · Accepted solution]

Hello @soype ,

You are correct that the asset selection dialog (cq/gui/components/authoring/dialog/fileupload) in AEM as a Cloud Service presently relies on folder navigation (“Select Path”), and does not feature a search box as was available in previous AEM 6.5 on-premise versions. 

Currently, the recommended solution is to use the Pathfield or Asset Selector component, which do offer advanced asset selection methods in some contexts. However, these do not replicate the direct “type to search and upload” experience in standard file upload dialogs.

 To help prioritize improvements for future releases, we encourage you to submit a formal feature enhancement request via the Adobe Experience Manager Ideas portal, or you can raise an aem support ticket and we can raise it on your behalf.