Re: [Usability] Gnome HIG suggestion: search box clear buttons

[Sebastian Heinlein <glatzor ubuntu com>]

Am Samstag, den 02.06.2007, 10:59 +0100 schrieb Phil Bull:

> I suppose another reason to have a clear button is to provide some
> feedback that search terms have been entered and that a search is
> currently active - I've lost count of the times that I've been looking
> for an item in a list, only to realise that I'd entered some search
> terms earlier and had to go and clear them to look again. Of course, a
> tiny little clear button is unlikely to help much with this...

That is why the search entry of Rhythmbox changes its background color
when a search is active. I also did the same for the latest
gnome-app-install in Ubuntu Gutsy and it helps a lot.

Cheers,

Sebastian