Re: Another GMC suggestion/request

["Hall" <dhs erinet com>]

I have seen this feature, in "File Open" type dialog boxes... WordPerfect,
maybe ?

I thought about this at the same time as my other idea. If both are easy to
implement, great! I figured the "hitting the first letter" idea was
certainly the simpler of the two.

Hall

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Dennis <miked@kerneltech.com>
To: Gnome Mailing list <gnome-list@gnome.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 1999 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: Another GMC suggestion/request


> Hall Stevenson wrote:
>
> > Here's one I thought of recently that's available in Windows Explorer...
> >
> > Typing the first letter of a filename causes the selected item in the
> > right-hand pane to jump to the first file beginning with that letter.
> > Continuing to hit that letter takes you through each successive file
> > with the same letter.
>
> That is a nice feature when you have to try to find a file in a list which
> you know what the name is.  I do, however, prefer the method were as you
> continue to type the word the search narrows in further (instead of just
the
> first letter).  So as you progressively type the word it trys to match all
> the letters instead of just the first.  That way if you have things named
> similarly (ie starting with the first letter) you can use that mechanism
on
> them as well.
>
> Mike.
>
>
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