[issue25178] IDLE: search regex errors should be in/attached to search dialog

2020-01-07 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I like the way that Open Module puts error messages in red under the entry box and allows users to correct without first clicking a modal message away. I would like to do the same here. -- assignee: -> terry.reedy nosy: -kbk, roger.serwy stage: -

[issue25178] IDLE: search regex errors should be in/attached to search dialog

2015-09-19 Thread Mark Roseman
New submission from Mark Roseman: Follow-on to #25173, any regex errors are displayed by SearchEngine but they should be shown by the dialog where the user is typing the error. Either as a modal tkMessageBox attached to the dialog, or as an inline error in the dialog itself. -- compon