[haiku-development] Re: Yet another Task for GSoC: HUD

27 feb 2012 kl. 20:22 skrev Gabriel Harrison:

> Having a quick autocomplete menu like the HUD suddenly becomes
> better when put in the context of a complimentary tool as opposed to
> a replacement for tried and true menus that people both like and know
> how to use.

If one is to keep the menu bar I would find it logical for the search box
(or whatever means of entry one decides on) to drop down all menus
with matching items in them, (expanding horizontally if the menus don't 
fit side by side), and highlighting the matching menu items.

That way you learn both the presence and the location of the menu items.
(And you can spot non-matching menu items in the vicinity of matches 
that you would have missed if non-matching items were hidden altogether.)

Combined with keyboard navigability specific to this mode, where 
up/down/left/right jump between matches only, I think it would be usable
as a quick menu access method. (Like one would expect from a HUD?)

I'd think that would be visually appealing and complement the menubar
well.

Is there a view focus issue with entry in a search box e.g. in the menubar
when the menu opens? (Focus must at least appear to remain with the entry
box, so as to not confuse the user.)

/Jonas.

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