882302 - Remove splash page

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Webtools Graveyard :: DXR, defect)

Description

[Erik Rose [:erik][:erikrose]]

Nobody, Taras included, knows why we do the special-front-page-and-jump-and-rearrange-the-page-on-keypress thing. Stop it. We can always put the query syntax reference in the blank area where the search results will go. We'll have more space for it with the search field at the top, too.

Comment 1

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

When we start with multi-tree support, we probably need some sort of index page that lists all the trees.

Comment 2

[Erik Rose [:erik][:erikrose]]

Or we can rely on the popup menu in the upper right (soon to be where the dir path is) to cover it. There's precedent in the FF search box, with the popup of search engines.

Comment 3

[Erik Rose [:erik][:erikrose]]

Ah, but what about browsing the tree?

Comment 4

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

There would be at least 2 dozen trees on dxr, and some of them probably need some sort of small description.

Comment 5

[Erik Rose [:erik][:erikrose]]

This is complete on the UI branch. Tree descriptions will be available via a custom pop-up widget; see the mockup at https://wiki.mozilla.org/File:Dxr_folder_tree_menu.png.