On 10/27/08 13:40, "Patrick James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't follow this point you have raised. It is quite possible I have > misunderstood. I have 9.0.2 (1342) and for me the selection of files > to search in the Multi-File: Search in dialogue is by check boxes and > I would expect them to add selection to any currently selected ones. I > might very well have interpreted this wrongly of course. > Maybe this will explain it better. Because the new Multi-File Search now does not close after each search any Recent Folders you have previously selected remain selected if you go back to perform another search. In v8 and before the window closed and upon reopening deselected all Saved Search and Recent Folders so this wasn't an issue. As a result in v9 if you select another Saved Search item it is ADDED to the previous search parameters. IMHO this behavior is counter intuitive. Simply selecting another Saved Search or even another Recent Folder item should deselect any existing checked items. We all know (and have come to expect) that if we command-click on items in a folder even non-contiguous items can be selected (added to the list of selected items). Even multiple-select HTML elements behave this way. If we simply click on items in the directory each item will deselect any previously selected items. This is the behavior I would expect to find in the new Search in: dialog. To select multiple items you need to hold down the command key (sorry I called it the option key before). I realize that in the Search in: dialog they are checkboxes but the paradigm is so similar that it seems counter intuitive to me know and especially so when you consider that to deselect all items except the one you have selected you need to hold down the command key! Does that make any more sense? I know it is a small point but if you were accustomed to how things worked in v8 and you do a Replace all thinking you are only operating on one folder when in fact you are operating on multiple folders the operation can be catastrophic. Beyond that the behavior of v9 is search dependent. Only if your search returned a result does the Saved Search get deselected and the equivalent Recent Folder selection automatically selected...! The automagic de-selection and creation of a Recent Folder item is hard to deal with because you need to remember what path your Saved Search item points to in order to back translate the path. The Recent Folder item creation when a Saved Search item is selected isn't completely different from v8 but it is different in that in v8 the Recent Folders were created at the moment the Saved Seach was selected and not dependent on whether the search was successful or not. Finally, the Saved Search items in v9 are not alphabetized as they were in v8 and before; simple organization and something I had come to depend on. IMHO the whole experience of the new Multi-File Search is messy and non-intuitive. make sense? Steven --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en If you have a specific feature request or would like to report a suspected (or confirmed) problem with the software, please email to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" rather than posting to the group. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
