#12687: Implement a sort of type-ahead filtering for the Desktop
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Reporter: Giova84 | Owner: axeld
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: Applications/Tracker | Version: R1/Development
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Blocking: | Has a Patch: 0
Platform: All |
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In the Tracker's settings I have selected "Enable type-ahead filtering";
this option works as expected in any open folder. However, regardless of
the fact that this option is checked or not, on the Desktop, typing a
letter to quickly find the corresponding icon, this doesn't work as happen
on the Desktop of other operating systems.
Let's see the example showed in the attached video: for test, I created
some files which start with the "T" letter; if I click the "T" letter on
my keyboard, firstly will be selected the icon of the Trash, then the icon
which starts with the "L" letter; then, no other action will occur: none
of other files which starts with "T" will be selected. Then, to start
again this "search", I have to select any icon on the Desktop: otherwise,
this "search" will not work again.
Well, I know that the type-ahead filtering feature of the Tracker works
with a different concept (it will only shows the corresponding results in
the window), but would be nice, at least to fix/implement something on
functional also on the Desktop.
hrev50141.
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/12687>
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