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

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On Sat, 2007-06-02 at 10:59 +0100, Phil Bull wrote:

> Evolution has a similar control [1]. Rather than having a red 'close'
> button appear, it has a greyed-out 'clear' icon, permanently to the
> right of the text entry. When you type something into the text entry, it
> becomes sensitive/colourful.

Unfortunately, it also takes on the colour of focused+selected text,
which means it looks like the text field is focused even when it
isn't :/  Not a mistake we want to repeat elsewhere.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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