Re: [Usability] GtkEntryCompletion: Popup Completion Window on Paste? (fwd)

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>]

Hi guys,

what's your opinion of this?

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Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:43:15 +0100 (CET)
From: Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>
To: usability gnome org
Subject: Re: [Usability] GtkEntryCompletion: Popup Completion Window on Paste?

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Daniel Borgmann wrote:

> you are pasting. In Epiphany's case however, the popup is also used to
> let you _select_ between different methods to handle the text (selecting
> search engines), which occasionally can be useful/required after pasting
> text.

Good point. That would be nice behaviour, I also find myself often editing a 
URL just to get the dropdown.

> Maybe the most sane option would be to bring back the arrow button
> (as much as I dislike it) to show at least the possible search
> engines/smart bookmarks. Or special case this situation and always show
> the popup for search engines after pasting. If both is not desired,
> maybe at least a hidden key combination could be added to bring up the
> popup (something like shift+downarrow).

Hidden keycombo's are generally frowned upon, see for instance bug 117650. 
Bringing back the arrow button might just be a worthwile idea.

regards,

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