Remove carat from Find (Ctrl-F) function

• Apr 8, 2016 - 15:39
Reported version
2.1
Type
Graphical (UI)
Severity
3
Status
closed
Project
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The Find (Ctrl-F) function text field shows a carat which is not hooked up to any functionality.

The issue:
It confuses users as one may expect see either a list of previous search terms, or a search selection (e.g. page, bar or rehearsal mark).

Possible solution is to remove the carat.

Cheers,

Dave

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Find.jpg 2.79 KB

Comments

Yes, which I prefer, personally.

I think it helps from a usability perspective to visually guide the user how to use certain functions.

In other words, one should be able to use the Find function without prior knowledge of a pprefix to find e.g. a page. So it may become something similar to Word's Find function (see my mockup screenshot for a dark theme).

On the other hand, from a developer perspective, it may be easier and quicker to implement the current solution with the prefixes. The choice is at the developers' discretion.

Cheers,

Dave

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Find-New.png 6.06 KB

Thanks for the note.

I suspected it was a generic GUI component from QT. Isn't there a way to add a button and a text field, but not a comboBox?

It is a minor issue in my opinion, but I did spent some time to figure out how the Find is supposed to work and the carat suggested functionality that is not there.

Cheers,

Dave

This is the implementation. When Return/Enter is pressed, the searched value is saved in the searchbox and the search dialogue is closed.