Re: [Evolution] Visual cue for active search bar

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 22:45 +0530, Srinivasa Ragavan wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 12:57 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:

> > > > > > 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. 
> >
> > Pretty good except for the ghastly colour :-)
>
> :-) If the idea sounds good, probably we can add this with a nice color.

Yup, seems pretty good for an "active search" indicator. And probably
should be fine with the HIG too, since browsers start using something
similar for SSL connections... :)


> > > 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.
> >
> > I don't think I've ever used Advanced Search so I don't really
> > understand the issue here.

Advanced Search, Saved Search... It's the same. :)


> Ok. In Advanced search, the entry is empty and one can't know is filter
> active or not. 
>
> Ill try to find a color fo this from other examples..

Well, actually... Applying a Saved Search indeed is distinct in the UI.
The text entry field is grayed out. Unfortunately, this state gets lost
when switching folders, which in turn makes it hard to realize...

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=323917

...guenther


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