https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156108
Bug ID: 156108
Summary: Have font selection pane textboxes filter rather than
position
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: LibreOffice
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
When we enter the Font selection dialog / dialog pane, we have a textbox and a
list box for each language group. Typing in the textbox locates the first
matching font family in the list.
I suggest that, instead, the typing will _filter_ the list, by substring match.
This is better, because:
1. When one is looking for a font family name, one is rarely interested in the
integrity of the entire list of fonts.
2. Much easier to search when you don't know the exact name: Scroll range much
smaller, non-matchers are out of sight, and you can being your search with a
word from the _middle_ of the font name
Note: When you click a list item after typing, your typing is not cleared, so
that you can scroll through the matches. Double-clicking or pressing some (x)
button which can appear at the edge of the textbox will replacing the typing
with the current selection, and restore the full range of fonts for the list
box.
Bikeshedding:
* Text only vs support for regexp/wildcards
* Exact details of how to clear the typing / adopt currently-selected item
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