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Bug 468456 - Getting back to results page from actions page
Getting back to results page from actions page
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: deskbar-applet
Classification: Deprecated
Component: general
Git master
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Deskbar Applet Maintainer(s)
Deskbar Applet Maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-08-20 10:28 UTC by Michael Monreal
Modified: 2007-09-14 14:01 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.19/2.20



Description Michael Monreal 2007-08-20 10:28:58 UTC
Right now, the user has to press "<-" to get back to the results page. This is half-way intuitive for key-nav users, but even for those there is no hint that this will work (Results->Actions has a ">", we need something similar here too).

For mouse users, if you got to the actions page using ctrl-click, matters ware even worse: you have to use the key nav (which most users will probably not even know about) and even if you try to use key nav, you will find it non-working - because if you didn't use "->" to get to that page, you have to press "->" now before pressing "<-", else the widget doesn't seem to have focus => FIXME 1

Anyway, what is needed is a "[<-] Back to search results" button, perhaps put a small pane on the bottom of the window (see tomboy/evince search widget) => FIXME 2
Comment 1 Sebastian Pölsterl 2007-08-20 16:14:03 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)
> Right now, the user has to press "<-" to get back to the results page. This is
> half-way intuitive for key-nav users, but even for those there is no hint that
> this will work (Results->Actions has a ">", we need something similar here
> too).
> 
> For mouse users, if you got to the actions page using ctrl-click, matters ware
> even worse: you have to use the key nav (which most users will probably not
> even know about) and even if you try to use key nav, you will find it
> non-working - because if you didn't use "->" to get to that page, you have to
> press "->" now before pressing "<-", else the widget doesn't seem to have focus
> => FIXME 1
> 
I already know about this issue and in my opinion calling grab_focus on the actions treeview should do what I want. Unfortunately, this isn't the case and I have no idea what I should do instead.

> Anyway, what is needed is a "[<-] Back to search results" button, perhaps put a
> small pane on the bottom of the window (see tomboy/evince search widget) =>
> FIXME 2
> 
You're absolutely right. We need a button or something else to get back to the matches using the mouse. Nevertheless, I'm still not sure what the best position for a button might be.