Re: Idea: Command search

[Christopher Aillon <caillon redhat com>]

On 04/12/2011 02:32 PM, Mirek M. wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I realize that plans for Gnome 3.2 are being determined, and I just want to
> put an idea out there.
> What I'd really love to see in Gnome is command search for every
> application, much like Mac OS X has *.
> This search should reside in the Application menu, and should, if possible,
> also be based on menu items. Developers should, of course, also have the
> option of adding commands not available under menus and of adding "tags" to
> their commands, to make search more relevant.
> Do you think this would be possible? Would there be any major hurdles to
> overcome before this can be implemented (besides with applications that
> don't use the native GTK menu widget)?


Does simply typing in the overview mode not get what you want?  As soon 
as the overview mode pops up, you can just start typing.  Or if you 
really feel the need to click in something, there's a search box in the 
top right...