352928 - Improve domi search

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Other Applications :: DOM Inspector, enhancement)

Description

[Jason Barnabe (np)]

Here's my idea of an improved domi search. Please, give feedback.

Upon choosing to search (by menu item, shortcut, whatever), a Firefox-style find bar appears at the bottom of inspector UI. It includes a textbox, Find Next, Find Previous, Match case, and a series of options (radio buttons or drop down) for the type of search.

Brainstormed examples of search types:
  ID
  Class
  Any attribute value
  Node name (ex: div, #text)
  Node value (text nodes, comments)
  Style values
  Anything (search all of the above)

As the user types the values in, the left-side DOM Node view would scroll to and select the first matching node (and possibly also highlight the match on an appropriate right-side view). When the user presses Enter or Find Next, they would be brought to the next match.

Questions
-Is there a ready-made Firefox-style find bar that can be used in both toolkit and xpfe apps?
-Is the Firefox-style find bar any better than a Bookmarks Manager-style search bar?
-Is it OK to have no way of doing attr=value searches?

Comment 1

[Shawn Wilsher :sdwilsh]

(In reply to comment #0)

I wouldn't mind also seeing an XPath seach if possible, and this could take care of the attr=value search as well (assuming the searcher knew how to use xpath).

> Is there a ready-made Firefox-style find bar that can be used in both toolkit
> and xpfe apps?

Are you asking for somethink like an XUL widget?

Comment 2

[Jason Barnabe (np)]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Are you asking for somethink like an XUL widget?

Yes.

Comment 3

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

Bulk close. This component is no longer supported or maintained.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1499023

Comment 4

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

Bulk close. This component is no longer supported or maintained.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1499023