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Bug 40503

Summary:	[navigation] Filtering in outline prompter only works when focus is in text field
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Nick Edgar <n.a.edgar>
Component:	Text	Assignee:	JDT-Text-Inbox <jdt-text-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	minor
Priority:	P4	CC:	daniel_megert
Version:	3.0	Keywords:	usability
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 2000
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Description Nick Edgar

2003-07-18 16:17:42 EDT

build I20030717

- was editing a CU (EditorWorkbook)
- wanted to navigate to the createControl method
- ctrl+O
- down arrowed a few times to see if it was close by in the list
- no, so typed "cr"

It jumped me to the createControl method, but using the default Windows 
behaviour, not filering.  This was a little disorienting.

I think typing in the outline prompter should always filter, independent of 
focus.

Comment 1 Nick Edgar

2003-07-18 16:18:19 EDT

I see this as a minor usability problem.

Comment 2 Dani Megert

2003-07-21 08:55:29 EDT

This is standard behavior in all Eclipse dialogs where there's a text field
above some tree or table widget (e.g. New wizards, Open Type,...). Would you
suggest that all those dialogs should immediately switch back to the text field
when text is typed?

Comment 3 Nick Edgar

2003-07-25 11:44:39 EDT

I think it's less confusing in a traditional dialog, where the different 
controls are more strongly delineated.  In the outline prompter, it feels like 
it's one control.  But again, this is a minor gripe.

Comment 4 Dani Megert

2003-07-25 12:07:42 EDT

The thing is that there are users (count myself in) that use the native
navigation in widget e.g. if I type a letter it jumps to the first occurrence in
the widget. This would clearly be broken.

Comment 5 Nick Edgar

2003-07-25 14:49:16 EDT

Feel free to close then.  I thought the behaviour was strange at the time, but 
I don't feel that strongly about it.

Comment 6 Dani Megert

2003-07-28 03:11:30 EDT

I'll leave it open and see if others might feel the same about the dialog as you do.

Comment 7 Dani Megert

2004-03-11 05:54:04 EST

keeping as reminder

Comment 8 Dani Megert

2007-02-27 02:38:27 EST

Reopening to dispose.

Comment 9 Dani Megert

2007-02-27 02:38:51 EST

This is not considered a bug.