firefox like finder bar for all kde apps
Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements
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Screenshot 1: new proposal
Screenshot 2: highlighting changes
There is a wishlist entry (feature request) at http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93439
So if you care, vote for it!
One thing I really love in Firefox is the instant search. I really miss that in KDE programs (Konqueror, Konsole, Kwrite, Kmail, ...).
I whish the current Find (or KFind??) component would be enhanced to this functionality. It would speed up work quite a bit.
I think you all know how the Find-tool works in Firefox, nevertheless I'll describe the implementation here:
- Pressing CTRL-F the first time brings up the find-toolbar above the status bar
- the cursor is automatically placed in the find-input-area, so you can start typing right away
- after some letters (2 or 3) the instant search already shows the first match in the content window
- the matching text is highlighted
- you can use the "find forward" and "find backward" buttons to jump to more results
14 years ago
version 0.2:
-added the "highlight all occurences" option checkbox to the mockup screenshots
-renamed this entry to fit the name of the whishlist entry at http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93439
Note:
probably not many people know (thanks to dresnu):
-konqueror provides part of this feature by just typing in "/" (normal slash)
-this works only when there is no active cursor in the window (e.g. in a textbox, text input field, ...)
-Example: /konqueror finds all occurrences of "konqueror" in the current page, F3 can be used to cycle (forward only) through the results
14 years ago
version 0.2:
-added the "highlight all occurences" option checkbox to the mockup screenshots
-renamed this entry to fit the name of the whishlist entry at http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93439
Note:
probably not many people know (thanks to dresnu):
-konqueror provides part of this feature by just typing in "/" (normal slash)
-this works only when there is no active cursor in the window (e.g. in a textbox, text input field, ...)
-Example: /konqueror finds all occurrences of "konqueror" in the current page, F3 can be used to cycle (forward only) through the results
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firefox like finder bar for all kde apps is part of KDE Themes and Extensions, which is supported by the following people:
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ZeroCarontE
13 years ago
i propose the search panel to be extended, instead of being "replaced" by the old dialog
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/2556/finderbaroptionsmockupsm5.jpg
but maybe search "from cursor" doesnt make much sense if you are "searching while typing"
and maybe regular expression search could disable "search while typing" if it gets too slow
or maybe there could be a check box for "search while typing"
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mluisser
14 years ago
"-konqueror provides part of this feature by just typing in "/" (normal slash)"
Thats quite likely taken from vi keybindings ("j" and "k" for scrolling also work). Since I am quite used to the vi shortcuts - are there any plans to make this configureable? Or is it already? It would be nice to be able to use "/" as search initiator, "n" to move to the next hit and "N" to move to the former hit. That would make it possible to search without the fingers having to leave their place on the keyboard or groping around the F keys. Possible?
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iamsunilk
14 years ago
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linmain
14 years ago
Press F7 and type
"ifind enterhereyourtext"
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dresnu
15 years ago
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boardercoach
15 years ago
Anyway, the point is that not every application (konversation, konqueror,...) should try to implement it's own version of an instant search (or find). The goal would be to have this as a kpart available for all applications
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motyR
15 years ago
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6thpink
15 years ago
To have this into kde should not be so difficult. It is just a matter of creating a kpart and integrating it with the rest of apps. Konqueror accepts kpart, you can even embed konsole on it, so this should not be much different. I am not a kde developer, so, it would be nice if someone with the knowledge could deny or confirm this.
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DanaKil
15 years ago
(btw, kde-apps really need a more defined category for this kind of ideas and mockup...)
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liquidat
15 years ago
There are more users needed to vote on this bug, and more users needed to make clear that this is a huge usability thing, and that the old solution is not very usable, userfriendly or has any advantages above this mentioned one at all.
So: comment and vote on this bug (or create a new one covering more applications, and post it here):
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93439
liquidat
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DanaKil
15 years ago
It's elegant and very usable, i hope this can be integrated more globally in KDE one day
Here you can find a small extension I made: http://danakil.free.fr/firefox/
Description : Allow you to switch the Find Bar on or off with Ctrl-F shortcut (instead of having to manually close it)
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gnumdk
15 years ago
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