Use <ESC> key it works fine to close the find box. On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 1:38 PM, S D Allen <[email protected]>wrote:
> IMO it should be a toggle. I don't mind it in a fixed position it's really > annoying when one can use a key command to open something but then require > the mouse to close it. That's not good UI design > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Finnur Thorarinsson <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> 1) No. I think it would just annoy people. With the Find box (as it is >> implemented today) - if it loses focus you'd have to press Ctrl-F twice to >> get focus to the text area of the Find box (once to close it, once to open >> it again and sets focus to it). Now... You already have a keyboard shortcut >> to close the Find box, so you can just as well use Esc to close it. It is >> even easier (1 keystroke fewer) than using Ctrl+F and people are used to Esc >> closing things. >> 2) and 3) sound like something you should enter into the bug repository >> and have it labeled (by one of the Chromium members) as a feature request. >> See: http://crbug.com >> >> Personally, I don't see the point of 2) and with 3) you'll always run the >> risk of obscuring something, no matter where you locate the Find box over >> the page. Having it on top at least makes it more visible to people. >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 06:47, Gambitico <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> (1) would be nice if Ctrl-F worked as a toggle to open/close the find >>> dialog, right now it only opens it which creates a mouse dependency to >>> close the dialog >>> (2) when the find dialog is already open Firefox also opens it with a >>> new tab session, would be nice to have this feature available in >>> Chromium too >>> (3) the find dialog opens only in the upper-right corner which hides >>> the Google home page account options! would be nice to be able to >>> display the dialog in a much more convenient location, for example, at >>> the bottom of the screen >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Cheers, > Steve > http://www.linkedin.com/in/torontostephenallen > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
