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Bug 90006 - Jump to positions in list without C-f?
Jump to positions in list without C-f?
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkTreeView
2.0.x
Other other
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gtktreeview-bugs
gtktreeview-bugs
Depends on:
Blocks: 137871
 
 
Reported: 2002-08-06 11:56 UTC by minkwe
Modified: 2011-02-04 16:17 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement



Description minkwe 2002-08-06 11:56:49 UTC
Shouldn't it be possible to select items from a GTK listbox by using the
keyboard.  
 

For example. Say I want to select 'Nimbus' font from a font selection
dialog. It should be possible to press 'N' on the keyboard. if there are
multiple items that begin with 'N' it should be possible to move between
them by repeatedly pressing 'N'.

This is a very usefull feature especially where accessibility is concerned.
    And is badly needed in Font selection dialogs, File selection dialogs
etc. It appears as if adding such a facility directly to the GTK listbox
widget (I think it is called GTKCList) should fix this.
Comment 1 Owen Taylor 2002-08-06 13:56:34 UTC
GtkTreeView (the non-deprecated list widget) supports C-f
(or C-s if you have emacs keybindings on) to start an 
explicit incremental search.

An explicit incremental search internationalizes much better
than "hit a key to jump to items with that letter" ... characters
in an internationalized name may not correspond to a single
keystroke.

I'll leave it up to the GtkTreeView maintainers as to whether
they want to close this NOTABUG, or leave it open to track
the issue of people not finding this feature. (There probably
is another bug this is a dup of, though I don't see it quickly.)
Comment 2 Kristian Rietveld 2003-01-23 21:04:31 UTC
Might be nice for gtk+ 2.4. CC'ing anders, who made a patch at some point.
Comment 3 Kristian Rietveld 2003-11-16 15:25:07 UTC
Not going to make 2.4.
Comment 4 Bug flys 2004-04-13 01:55:41 UTC
can c-f do repeat searching? Besides, c-f is limited to match exact from the
beginning of string. At least repeat c-f should has last input as default and
continue searching from the current cursor. 
Comment 5 Jonathan Blandford 2004-04-13 02:33:26 UTC
You hit up and down to continue searching.
Comment 6 Todd A. Fisher 2004-04-28 08:35:59 UTC
IMO type ahead is a really useful feature.  Its the one feature I really enjoy
when using windows.  With one hand on the key board and one hand on the mouse
I can navigate pretty quickly all within the gui using a min amount of effort
from either hand.  It's a very nice marrage between a GUI and a command line.
Comment 7 Jonathan Blandford 2004-04-28 20:45:27 UTC
We now have a pretty nice plan on how to do this, but it's too drastic to go
inot the stable branch.  It should be possible to get this into 2.6.x though.
Comment 8 Matthias Clasen 2004-08-01 06:30:13 UTC
This is now in cvs HEAD, and in 2.5.1