[Bug 131544] A few ideas to improve searches

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 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D131544
 rhythmbox | Interface | Ver: 0.6.1





------- Additional Comments From Kalle Vahlman  2005-05-04 08:46 -------
Julien Olivier:

> > - Selecting any of the three categories clears the search text intern=
ally, in
> > effect disabling it. It does not clear the entry and to activate the =
search
> > again you must edit the text.

> I find it very confusing, especially because there is no way to re-sear=
ch the
> same string without modifying it, and re-typing it.

The main motivation for not clearing the text is that there is no obious =
way to
get a reference to that entry ;) but yeah, it probably should be cleared =
(or at
least dimmed to indicate that the search is not active).

Note that you only need to modify it, not retype it ('beatle' will find t=
he same
files and possibly more as 'beatles')

> More over, if you go to the search entry and empties it, it will reset =
the
> category selection for no obvious reason (because from the user point o=
f view,
> emptying the search entry means "cancel search", not "search for ''").

"Cancel search" implies "clear categories" in my mind, especially since "=
do
search" means it too. And besides, why would the user clear it if not mak=
ing a
new search?

> You propose: "maybe focusing should activate the search again after all=
...".
> But I don't think it's a great idea either, because just focusing the s=
earch
> entry could surprisingly change the list of songs, which wouldn't be ex=
pected
> by users.

That's why I said it needed some more thinking through. :)

Oh, and don't bother trying that .deb on Ubuntu/breezy, hearsay says that=
 it
doesn't work.


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