Brian, I have confirmed this bug and entered it into our bug tracker as Detailed Search issue 5815.
Jim Legacy Family Tree Technical Support -------- Original Message -------- > From: "Brian L. Lightfoot" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2015 1:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Search Function Anomalies > > I've come across two different problems with the Search function and since > they are not related to one another, I'll post them separately to avoid > confusion. > > > > The first problem occurs with the "Find Next/Previous" buttons. Apparently > upon the creation of a Search List, there must be an internal pointer to the > very first item/person on the Search List. If you have a very large Search > List and have clicked on Find Next multiple times but then for some reason > your attention is drawn to another person much further down in the Search > List and Select that person, the internal pointer remains wherever it was. > > > > That may sound like a good design but what happens if you just want to skip > several dozen family names or even a hundred or more? For example, if you > have stepped through 50 names in a Search List of 500 names, but then wanted > to jump to name number 300 in the list (by double clicking it or clicking on > it once and clicking on Select). That seems to work well but then you want > to continue by going to the next name where you are currently at, namely > number 301, you'd think Find Next would get you there. Unfortunately, it > does not. Clicking on Find Next will get you all the way back to name number > 51. > > > > So the big question is if this is how it is supposed to work? I've removed > v7.5 from my current computer so I can't check to see if the function has > changed. > > > > Brian in CA Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
