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Bug 161820 - Entry completion to the location bar
Entry completion to the location bar
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 99027
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Keyboardability
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-12-20 20:40 UTC by gbz
Modified: 2005-02-02 14:25 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description gbz 2004-12-20 20:40:42 UTC 
Nautilus browser mode should should enhance the existent tab-completion with
GtkEntryCompletion, so that the user could see what alternatives to choose from
in a multi-choice situation.
Assume the current directory looks like this:
  .
  ..
  aaac
  aaav
  zzzzzz
Type "sa" and press TAB, now "aaa" will be filled in.
But from now you'd have to guess what additional letter to type in order to pass
through the multi-choice situation. You might be forced to try e.g. "aaaa", then
"aaab" etc.
It would be smart if there appeared a drop down list containing both "aaac" and
"aaav" so that you'd know what there is to choose from.
It doesn't have to appear "as you type", only after TAB has been pressed.
Comment 1 gbz 2004-12-20 20:42:00 UTC 
Typo, it should be:

  Type "a" and press TAB...
Comment 2 gbz 2004-12-25 14:24:28 UTC 
This is meant to be the same as how the latest version of the file chooser
works, in the filename entry.
Comment 3 Sebastien Bacher 2005-02-02 14:25:14 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into
our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 99027 ***