Re: [Usability] Open Files - Search

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 16:15 +0200, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I would like some feedback on my proposal for integrated search in 
> the Open Files dialog.
> 
> http://thorwil.wordpress.com/2007/05/09/gtk-open-files-search/

Hmm, looks quite powerful, but quite complex too.  I'd be quite happy
with something simpler, like OSX:

        - Add a "search" toggle button beside the current "location"
        toggle button
        
        - When search button is selected, show a text field, like the
        location text field
        
        - User types search terms in text field; all matching files
        below the current level are shown in the list on the right hand
        side.  (List on left-hand side could be greyed-out or something
        at this point.)
        
        - Click the search button again to hide the text field and
        search results.
        
If you did this, you'd probably want to arrange it so that search and
location fields couldn't both be shown at the same time, would keep
things simpler and neater.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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