There is an important difference between search fields where you have to press Enter or click a button to search, and search fields -- like in the Dash -- that perform a live search as you type. Where you have to click a button, the search icon is that button. Where the search is live, the search icon exists only to show that the field is a search field.
That explains some of the inconsistency between search fields in Ubuntu software, but not all. Program ................. Search icon .. Clear button Search fields that do live search: Dash .................... left ......... left Shotwell ................ left ......... right Banshee ................. left ......... right Evolution ............... left ......... right Rhythmbox ............... no ........... right System Settings ......... right ........ no Ubuntu Software Center .. left ......... right Chromium Preferences .... no ........... right Search fields that don't do live search: Chromium address field .. left ......... no Nautilus ................ right ........ no Firefox ................. right ........ no Thunderbird ............. right ........ no >From those examples I can see only two clear conclusions: (1) The Dash is inconsistent with everything else in having its clear button on the left. (2) System Settings is inconsistent with everything else in having live search with a search icon on the right. So this bug report seems to be invalid, but probably there should be a separate one about the clear button. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/828567 Title: Search icon needs to be on right side of searchbox To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/828567/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
