Latest revision as of 11:03, 24 October 2008

KatePart Search Bar

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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.

>> [1]

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

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 * Add option for selecting match or just highlighting? ([https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=130396 #130396]) // [[User:Sping|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 // [[User:Sping|sping]]
+* Number of replacements made is not shown anywhere // [[User:Sping|sping]]
+* Tab-Order of the replace bar --> I think the order should be: 1. Find, 2. Replace, 3. ... same as now // [[Special:Contributions/93.83.106.50|93.83.106.50]] mat69
 === Both editions ===
@@ Line 48: / Line 50: @@
 * Sizes: [[:Image:Katepart search bar bache wiig power 20080620 50.png|50%]], [[:Image:Katepart search bar bache wiig power 20080620 100.png|100%]]
 * Source: [http://www.hartwork.org/cgi-bin/download.cgi?file=public/Katepart_search_bar_bache_wiig_power_20080620.ui .ui file]
+=== v2 mockup by sping (2008-09-25) ===
+Minimal width
+<br>[[Image:Katepart_search_bar_v2_power_minimal_20080925_50.png]]
+* Sizes: [[:Image:Katepart_search_bar_v2_power_minimal_20080925_50.png|50%]], [[:Image:Katepart_search_bar_v2_power_minimal_20080925_100.png|100%]]
+Wider than minimum (to show grow behavior)
+<br>[[Image:Katepart search bar v2 power wider 20080925 50.png]]
+* Sized: [[:Image:Katepart search bar v2 power wider 20080925 50.png|50%]], [[:Image:Katepart search bar v2 power wider 20080925 100.png|100%]]
+=== v3 by sping (2008-09-28) ===
+[[Image:Katepart search bar v3 power minimal 20080928 50.png]]<br>
+Sizes: [[:Image:Katepart search bar v3 power minimal 20080928 50.png|50%]], [[:Image:Katepart search bar v3 power minimal 20080928 100.png|100%]]
+=== Suggestion ===
+Hey all, I created a pretty lightweight mockup. Not sure how to upload pictures here so its an external link.
+>> [http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/2522/katebareq7.jpg]
+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. [[Special:Contributions/151.89.15.211|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
+** [+] [[User:Sping|sping]]
+* ''"Selection only"'' needs a visible/accessible toggle
+** [+] Jason Stubbs
+** [+] Aaron Seigo
+** [-] [[User:Sping|sping]]
+* ''"Highlight all"'' does ''not'' need a visible/accessible toggle
+** [+] Jason Dubbs
+** [+] Aaron Seigo
+** [+] [[User:Sping|sping]]
 == Links ==
 * [https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=specific&order=relevance+desc&bug_status=__open__&product=kate&content=search+replace+bar+find (Possibly) Related KatePart bugs]
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