[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #9780: Tweaked Find panel layout
- From: "humdinger" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 07:36:08 -0000
#9780: Tweaked Find panel layout
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Reporter: humdinger | Owner: axeld
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Applications/Tracker | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords: GUI, layout management
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by humdinger):
Replying to [comment:2 jscipione]:
> The fact that these options are hidden away in a collapsible pane means
we're not proud of them, why are we hiding options we're not proud of?
I don't think we're embarassed to show those options (I love them like all
my options...), they are just not needed often and are collapsed to avoid
additional complexity in the GUI.
> Here's an idea, we could move the 2 check box options into a right-click
context menu...
I'd prefer to make the find panel a "regular window", i.e. with a menu
bar. In that menu bar we could have a menu "Query" with the items "Recent
queries" (with the according submenu-entries), a "Save query as...", "Save
query template as...", "Quit".[[BR]]
That would remove the "Recent queries" pop-up menu from the window.[[BR]]
I'd also suggest to remove the "by name/attribute/formula" pop-up menu.
What's "by name" other than by attribute which defaults to the attribute
"Name"? As "by formula" is sometimes useful for power users and when
constructing a query for a script, that could move into the "Query" menu
as checkable "Formula mode".
A second menu "Settings" in the bar would hold the "Include Trash" and
"Temporary" checkable menu items. As we're less space constrained in the
menu now, the "Temporary" could be renamed "Self-destruct in two weeks".
You're right, we don't need a text box for the optional query name. Saving
the query from the menu lets you input a name and after drag&droppping the
icon you can rename it like any other file. I suggest sensible default
names according to the search criteria.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/9780#comment:3>
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