User:Sping/KatePart Search Bar

KatePart Search Bar

How to use this page

• Please append "// ~~~" when adding items or commenting so we can see who said what later easily. Thanks! // sping

Usability issues and improvement ideas

Incremetal search bar

• Do we need a clear button for the search pattern line edit? (#161415) // sping

Power search and replace bar

• Bar is too wide and makes window grow on open (#159954, Mail by Chusslove Illich) // sping
• Bar is quite high // sping
• Is switching modes (e.g. "Plain Text" to "Whole words") easy enough? // sping
• Are the "Add..." buttons used at all? Remove or move into context menue? // sping
• Checkboxes: How often are they toggled? The state of which does the user need to see? // sping
• "Use Placeholders" - better name? // sping
• Add option for selecting match or just highlighting? (#130396) // sping
• Mode combo box and "Add..." button next to each other as of now set a rather high minimal width for the search pattern line edit above // sping
• Number of replacements made is not shown anywhere // sping
• Tab-Order of the replace bar --> I think the order should be: 1. Find, 2. Replace, 3. ... same as now // 93.83.106.50 mat69

Both editions

• Remove From cursor option and make enabled default? // sping
• "Reached buttom, continue from top" indication spans two lines which also grows/shrinks the height of the bar (#168687, #170279) // sping

Decision proposals with rationale

• <to come>

Decisions with rationale

• <to come>

Resources

Current incremental search bar (2008-09-23)

• Sizes: 50%, 100%
• Source: .ui file

Current power search and replace bar (2008-09-23)

• Sizes: 50%, 100%
• Source: .ui file

New power search mockup by Jens Bache-Wiig (jbache) (2008-06-20)

Note: Meant to come with button images

• Sizes: 50%, 100%
• Source: .ui file

v2 mockup by sping (2008-09-25)

Minimal width

• Sizes: 50%, 100%

Wider than minimum (to show grow behavior)

• Sized: 50%, 100%

v3 by sping (2008-09-28)

Sizes: 50%, 100%

Suggestion

Hey all, I created a pretty lightweight mockup. Not sure how to upload pictures here so its an external link.

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Are the options on the bottom line really so important? I find I rarely change search option from search to search. So "Plain text", "Match case" and "Highlight all" should not need to be so readily accessible. 151.89.15.211 18:20, 26 September 2008 (CEST)

Feedback

• Topic
  • [+] Lisa Allforit
  • [-] Joe Saysno
• "Find:" label should align right (like before)
  • [+] Aaron Seigo
  • [+] André
  • [+] sping
• "Selection only" needs a visible/accessible toggle
  • [+] Jason Stubbs
  • [+] Aaron Seigo
  • [-] sping
• "Highlight all" does not need a visible/accessible toggle
  • [+] Jason Dubbs
  • [+] Aaron Seigo
  • [+] sping

Links

• (Possibly) Related KatePart bugs
• MediaWiki Editing help