https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163100
--- Comment #9 from Buovjaga <[email protected]> --- (In reply to clyfton_hayes from comment #8) > (In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #4) > > (In reply to clyfton_hayes from comment #3) > > > I tried the SIDEBER FIND DECK and could not find any enumeration. > > > I don't see the value of it for my use case. > > > > It shows both the document page and the context in which found. With > > hyperlink to position edit focus into text. > > > > Seems sufficient as implemented thus far, the SB deck directs you far more > > efficiently than scrolling for "result 12 of 52". > > > > @Jim, what do you think? Would enumerating matches (by tooltip I guess), > > with some provision to "jump to" in the match list be appealing? > > Not sufficient! > I am having the hardest time explaining why "result x of y" is necessary. > Google chrome has it. Microsoft Edge has it. Firefox has it. > Whatever reasoning went into adding that feature (that apparently I can't > elucidate properly) also applies to word processors. > I've been in the computer business for 45 years and my experience as a > programmer and user tells me that there are two fundamentals in software: > lists should be alphabetized and find results should be enumerated. > Users need to know that there are X results, Y above and Z below. > We need to know the size of the problem and where we stand. > This is so basic it should be included on day one, not 20 years later as a > courtesy add-on. > No matter how hard I try, I cannot see how the sidebar find deck satisfies > any of the above. I deal with documents that are hundreds of pages long. > Seeing a find result in context with focus doesn't help me know how many > results there are, how many are above, and how many are there left below. > If only small documents are searched for terms that only occur once, the > value of enumeration will never be apparent or deemed necessary. Jim is way ahead of you. I built with the unmerged patch and it does what you ask and is of course superior to Find dialog in that it has visual context, all the result snippets laid out. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
