Re: [Usability] Open Files - Search

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On May 10, 2007, at 2:15 AM, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> ...
> 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/
> ...

I agree with the idea of having a search field that is more obvious and 
less awkward than a Place. But even after reading the proposal twice, 
I'm still not sure where your search field *is*, so I'm not sure that 
this is an improvement. :-) Would entering text in the location field 
perform a search? If so, would that prevent people from using the Up 
and Down keys in auto-completion? What would happen if there was a 
partial match in the current folder, but an exact match inside a 
subfolder?

I agree with Calum that search should be a separate field, because I 
think it wouldn't be obvious otherwise. But I disagree that this field 
should be hidden until a button is clicked, for much the same reason.

By the way, if that mockup is based on a real application's Open 
dialog, please report a bug that the dialog's title shouldn't end in 
"...". :-)

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