Am Freitag 25 November 2005 17:45 schrieb Jeff Mast: > I have a request for changing slightly how the quick search behaves in > eric3. Fundamentally, I would like it to work more like the quick search > in other kde apps (like kdevelop). The one difference I notice is that > in the other kde apps, the value being searched for becomes selected if > you start a new quicksearch session after doing something else (such as > move the cursor or click the mouse, or press enter). This lets you > either repeat a previous search or start typing a new one without having > to delete anything. In eric3, the cursor in the quicksearch edit is just > placed at the end the next time you start a new search. > > For example, if I have Ctrl-F mapped to doing a quick search: > > 1. first Ctrl-F brings focus to the quicksearch edit with entire > field selected (no search happens yet) > 2. optionally I can type a new string to search for (or leave alone > to search for what I last searched for) > 3. second (and subsequent) Ctrl-F searches > * return ends search and adds to history > * OR ESC ends search, doesn't add to history and returns > cursor to where I first started searching (this is something > even other kde apps don't do but would be nice) > * OR mouse click in editor ends search (doesn't` add to history) > 4. Once I change the field value in the quick search, the field > remains unhighlighted throughout that search session e.g. as long > as I keep typing Ctrl-F or search chars (so I can narrow my search > by adding more chars) > > So, the difference between what it does now and my request is that when > a new quicksearch "session" starts, the field is completely highlighted > so that if I type in chars, I replace what I previously searched for. > Right now, if I type Ctrl-U in the field to clear it out to enter a new > string, it actually starts the search for what was in the field -- not > what I wanted to happen. Additionally, it would be nice if ESC cancelled > the entire search session as though it never happened putting me back to > where I started to search from initially. > > Thanks in advance for considering these changes. > > Jeff > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
These changes will be in the next snapshot. I hope I understood them correctly. Regards, Detlev -- Detlev Offenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PyKDE mailing list [email protected] http://mats.imk.fraunhofer.de/mailman/listinfo/pykde
