On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 23:05 +0100, guenther wrote:
On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 17:28 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 20:25 +0100, guenther wrote:It occurs to me that a visual cue would be useful for when the search bar is "active" (i.e. filtering the folder contents). Maybe coloring or highlighting would do the trick. Anyone know if this is on the wishlist?I believe the Search Bar for any active search is distinct from the non active (cleared) Search Bar.Er, no it isn't. The only visual difference is that the search box has something in it. Everything else is identical as far as I can see.I might be wrong, though. Patrick, can you come up with an example that proves me wrong? ;-)Sure, just type something in the search bar :-)Doh! You're right... :)Anyway, I agree it's not obvious and could be way more clear. A good hint would be to disable the "Clear" button in the Search Bar, if there is nothing to clear -- which means, there is no active search. This one is filed already AFAIK, and really would be useful once finally implemented...Disabling Clear would at least be consistent, however I'm not sure it would be noticeable enough. The problem with Search being active is that it's so easy to miss if you're not actually looking for it, and of course if you are looking for it you don't need the cue. I'd suggest both disabling Clear and highlighting the dropdown menu using the default "selection" colour.Hmm, I doubt the HIG would approve this... Maybe there is some other way to visibly highlight an active search.
I have added color, when search is active. Im not sure about HIG here. It never said any thing about coloring or probably im not reading the right section. Just see how this is. Probably my color selection may be my color selection is not great :-) See this for a idea. I remember there are a few bugs for this. Actually when advanced search is active, it is not at all clear that a filter is applied. Since the entry will be empty and the menu option will be set to "Advanced Search..." it is difficult to understand from that. -Srini
...guenther
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