Re: [PATCH] Port GtkTreeView-style typeahead to NautilusIconContainer

[Matthew Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On 3 Oct, 2005, at 11:09 AM, Jürg Billeter wrote:
> Attached patch replaces the previous typeahead implementation of
> NautilusIconContainer by a port of the implementation of GtkTreeView. 
> It is heavily based on that code, just adapted to fit in nautilus. 
> This
> adds the visible text search entry and the arrow keys / mouse wheel 
> will work as in GtkTreeView.
>
> This might cause usability issues as the arrow keys behave differently
> when in typeahead mode.
> ...

Indeed. Perhaps you could go the other way, and port the Nautilus 
behavior to GtkTreeView instead? :-) The frequent failure of the 
Up/Down keys to go to the previous/next item in GtkTreeView (they stop 
working at the edges of the subset of items starting with the text 
you've entered) aggravates me about a dozen times every day. (I use 
gedit at work.) And the pensile text field looks silly, too, though 
that's more subjective.

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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/