Closed
Bug 245685
Opened 20 years ago
Closed 20 years ago
find-in-page accel should use search box, find-as-you-type
Categories
(Firefox :: Search, defect, P5)
Tracking
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VERIFIED
DUPLICATE
of bug 250231
Future
People
(Reporter: shaver, Assigned: bugs)
Details
"I find myself using Firefox most of the time now, only going back to IE for a few pages.. but I must say, that Find in Page dialog? that's the worst thing I've ever seen. Absolute worst thing ever." -- Random influential user. Suggestion: 18:43 <shaver> the find-in-page accelerator should highlight the search box, select the find-in-page mode, and start type-ahead as you go Issues: - there are other options in the current find dialog, some of which we might want to preserve. I think the only one that I care about is direction. We could imitate emacs-isearch's case behaviour, too (ignore case unless a capital letter is entered, and then become case-sensitive). - should the search box revert to the previous search setting when the search is over? I think so, or at least the ctrl-J accel should put it back. (I don't know anyone who uses the search box for find-in-page, and don't think I care to meet them!) - what's the equivalent of dismissing the dialog in this new world? I like "hitting enter", but there might be other things. We'll have to give up the key-"grab", etc.
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Updated•20 years ago
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Flags: blocking1.0+
Comment 1•20 years ago
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How can it be the "worst ever" if it's identical to IE's and Opera's? There are plenty of ways it could be improved (e.g. replacing "up/down" radio group with a "find previous" button), but I don't see how the dialog could drive someone away from Firefox. I don't think the benefits of getting rid of the dialog outweigh the costs. Benefits of getting rid of dialog: * You can see the entire content area while searching. Benefits of Ctrl+F being a dialog: * "Match case" option. * It's easy to discover how to search backwards. * It's clear what pressing keys does. Enter is "find again" and Esc is "stop searching, and if I found a link, focus it". Even if those keys are kept the same (and I think they should be), it won't be obvious to users to try those keys. * It's clear that selecting Find from the Edit menu did something. It's easy to miss a blinking cursor that appears after selecting a menu item. Things that can be improved regardless of whether Ctrl+F is a dialog: * Make incremental searching work in the dialog and/or the search bar. * Improving wrap behavior.
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Updated•20 years ago
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Flags: blocking1.0+ → blocking1.0-
Priority: -- → P5
Target Milestone: --- → After Firefox 1.0
Comment 2•20 years ago
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See also bug 246731, "FastFind: A toolbar merging the find dialog and type-ahead-find".
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Comment 3•20 years ago
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 250231 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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