Never mind about the popup as I can configure that on my own. Now, it is modeled after OSX spotlight which happens to be in the top right of the screen, but no other reason.
Windows 8 gives us a search panel showing on the side. In Eclipse, it shows as a popup http://www.eclipseonetips.com/2011/02/21/the-easiest-ways-to-navigate-methods-in-a-class-using-eclipse-keyboard-shortcuts/ But really the width of the list is the key pain with the current spotlight for me. Phil On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Benjamin < [email protected]> wrote: > we can give a try, but I try to reduce the number of popups as much as I > can > since it only confuses the user for often very few benefits > > Ben > > On 17 Nov 2013, at 18:14, [email protected] wrote: > > Some things about old/new spotlight > > - the width of the completions rectangle should be configurable as I often > find myself looking at messages that are too long and get cut at the end, > while what matters is what is at the end. I looked at the code and found > that changing the size of the spotlight morph to be easy, but not so for > the completion list which seems to be buried down somewhere in ECCompletion. > > - there is no way to find numerical functions like sin exp... which is a > pain. I guess that's due to the 3 letters required before a search. > > Now, about the location, why do we need that on the top right? > I'd love to have the morph open in the middle of the screen, where I am > looking anyway, and not on the top right. > A bit like how Launchy works. http://www.launchy.net/ > > > Phil > > > On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Camillo Bruni <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> On 2013-11-17, at 13:24, Benjamin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > You need first this magic invocation >> > >> > GlobalMenuBar current >> > openInWorld; >> > beSticky. >> > >> > Then it will be in the top right corner. >> > Note: there is s far no hotkey to get the focus. >> > Note2: it is probably buggy since it has not been updated to the new >> Spec3 >> I can confirm the last part, though looks like the way to go! >> > > >
