117785 - RFE: control of where "Find in this page" will begin searching

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, enhancement)

Description

[Hakon]

There should be a dropdown list under the search field saying:

Start from top of page
Start from cursor position
Start from bottom of page

Selecting "top of page" should then make the "search backwards" checkbox
disabled, whereas "bottom" should automatically check the checkbox.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

current behavior is "start with current selection" (identical to that of NS 
4.x).

Comment 2

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

mass moving open bugs pertaining to find in page/frame to [e-mail] as
qa contact.

to find all bugspam pertaining to this, set your search string to
"AppleSpongeCakeWithCaramelFrosting".

Comment 3

[Blake Ross]

I think this is too complicated for the average user.

Comment 4

[Adam Hauner]

IMHO this controls should be usefull for average users - average user don't
imagine hidden cursor somewhere inside page and don't know, that search begins
right there. Also, scrolling to the top of page and clicking in document to set
where search could start, isn't very user-friendly.

This feature is usefull, we need better controls for it. I would ask, if
Mozilla's layout allows expanding dialogs? Common controls are on default
dialog, after clicking on 'More' button is dialog resized and next controls appear.

Comment 5

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

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