On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 12:57 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 22:01 +0530, Srinivasa Ragavan wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 23:05 +0100, guenther wrote: > > > On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 17:28 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 20:25 +0100, guenther wrote: > > > > > > It occurs to me that a visual cue would be useful for when the > > > > > > search > > > > > > bar is "active" (i.e. filtering the folder contents). Maybe > > > > > > coloring or > > > > > > highlighting would do the trick. Anyone know if this is on the > > > > > > wishlist? > > > > > > > > > > I believe the Search Bar for any active search is distinct from the > > > > > non > > > > > active (cleared) Search Bar. > > > > > > > > Er, no it isn't. The only visual difference is that the search box has > > > > something in it. Everything else is identical as far as I can see. > > > > > > > > > I might be wrong, though. Patrick, can you > > > > > come up with an example that proves me wrong? ;-) > > > > > > > > Sure, just type something in the search bar :-) > > > > > > Doh! You're right... :) > > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, I agree it's not obvious and could be way more clear. A good > > > > > hint would be to disable the "Clear" button in the Search Bar, if > > > > > there > > > > > is nothing to clear -- which means, there is no active search. This > > > > > one > > > > > is filed already AFAIK, and really would be useful once finally > > > > > implemented... > > > > > > > > Disabling Clear would at least be consistent, however I'm not sure it > > > > would be noticeable enough. The problem with Search being active is that > > > > it's so easy to miss if you're not actually looking for it, and of > > > > course if you are looking for it you don't need the cue. I'd suggest > > > > both disabling Clear and highlighting the dropdown menu using the > > > > default "selection" colour. > > > > > > Hmm, I doubt the HIG would approve this... Maybe there is some other way > > > to visibly highlight an active search. > > > > > I have added color, when search is active. Im not sure about HIG here. > > It never said any thing about coloring or probably im not reading the > > right section. Just see how this is. Probably my color selection may be > > my color selection is not great :-) See this for a idea. > > Pretty good except for the ghastly colour :-) :-) If the idea sounds good, probably we can add this with a nice color. > > > I remember there are a few bugs for this. Actually when advanced search > > is active, it is not at all clear that a filter is applied. Since the > > entry will be empty and the menu option will be set to "Advanced > > Search..." it is difficult to understand from that. > > I don't think I've ever used Advanced Search so I don't really > understand the issue here. > Ok. In Advanced search, the entry is empty and one can't know is filter active or not.
Ill try to find a color fo this from other examples.. > poc > _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
