#12687: Implement a sort of type-ahead filtering for the Desktop
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Reporter: Giova84 | Owner: axeld
Type: enhancement | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: Applications/Tracker | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: invalid | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Changes (by axeld):
* status: new => closed
* resolution: => invalid
Comment:
Alright, then you are just using it wrong :-)
You assume that it would work just like it does on Windows. I had a hard
time to understand how it works in Windows when I first learned about it.
In Haiku, every character you enter counts. If you enter 'T' twice, only
files that contain 'tt' will be selected. You can reset that by pressing
`ESCAPE`.
However, whatever you enter will only take you to the first matching
entry. You can then use the `TAB` key to walk the entries in alphabetical
order (or press `SHIFT+TAB` to walk it backwards).
Furthermore, in icon mode, you can also use the cursor keys to switch to
the next icons nearby.
Personally, I would prefer if using `TAB`/`SHIFT+TAB` would only walk
within files that match to the characters you entered, but even as it is
now, it's already more powerful than what Windows delivers. Just different
to use.
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/12687#comment:3>
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