Re: [PATCH] Port GtkTreeView-style typeahead to

[Matthew Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On 18 Oct, 2005, at 8:41 AM, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> ...
> I think it is right that we use the same typeahead implementation in 
> all the desktop, and I think this is nicer than the old one. However, 
> I'm not sure about having enter activate the selected file while the
> typeahead is up. Right now, the only way to do anything but activating 
> a file when you've searched to it (for instance up/down or range 
> select using shift) is to wait for 5 seconds for the timeout or press 
> escape.
>
> Maybe we should make the initial return just hide the typeahead, since
> that is much easier to find than escape?
> ...

That would mean pressing Enter after 4.99 seconds would do nothing, 
while pressing Enter after 5.01 seconds would open the item, which 
would be very unfortunate.

A better solution would be to fix the typehead implementation so that 
it doesn't break the arrow keys, like it doesn't in Windows and Mac OS.

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Matthew Paul Thomas
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