David Thompson: |>Just a thought: it could search immediately on every key press, picking the |>first matching module. Selecting a module with the mouse or hitting ENTER |>could clear the type-ahead buffer. ... |The whole idea I was thinking was that if I type "im" while over the |canvas, I'm ready to drop an Image module without having to move the |mouse over to the tools palette. Then click. But I don't want to add |this (it'd take some work) if others don't think it would be useful.
Ah, I understand. When you said: 'by the time you type "form" you'll be there' I was thinking this scrolled the module you were typing into view in the module select list (possibly highlighting the first match) so you're ready to select it with the mouse. But yes, I think typing out on the canvas to place modules without having to mouse over to the select list would be a helpful speed-up. Having to go "dig modules out of the menus" is one of those tasks that slows me down too. Seems to me like the next best thing to having a visual command-line widget of some sort in the GUI where you can see what you're typing and make corrections. |> |3. Should this be added to the categories list (I say no because its |> |short anyway)? |> |>Not sure I follow. Wouldn't you just activate the All category and then |>start typing module names? | |Actually, I can set it up so when you roll over the Categories list, |then Type Ahead would work on the categories. I could also make it so |if the mouse is over the Categories, then Type Ahead works in the |Tools list instead. I see. There aren't that many categories, but I guess it could be useful. Randy -- Randall Hopper (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lockheed Martin Operation Support EPA Scientific Visualization Center US EPA N127-01; RTP, NC 27711
