Re: [Banshee-List] reach artist name as soon as start typing



On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 00:33 +0100, Yves Alter wrote:
> > hello there
> >
> > when i try to type in artist column, it should reach to that name, but nothing happens. which means that to reach an artist name either one has to type in search, or scroll manually using mouse....which is really slow....
> >
> > please developers, look into this.....
> 
> Hi all
> 
> This has been posted on the list in December by cyneuron. I too think
> that the behavior should be changed such that list in Banshee can be
> searched by typing, analog to Nautilus etc. Even though I use keyboard
> shortcuts often, they do not make much sense for a music player which
> is usually running in the background and I never got used to them.
> It's much more important that it integrates with system wide
> shortcuts. So I'd suggest to either add a modifier to all shortcut
> bindings or at least make it possible to switch between a 'normal and
> a 'direct control' mode. I know there are scenarios where 'direct'
> bindings make sense, like running Banshee in fullscreen in a
> party-scenario. But hands up, who really uses Banshee this way? :)
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Yves
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Regarding searching, I generally press "s" which focuses on the search
entry box. Then I type whatever I intend to search. Considering it's
only one keystroke away, and has more power than Nautilus's search, I
don't see how this is a bad thing.
-- 
Chow Loong Jin

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