GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 594131
Make Find bar consistent with other Gnome apps
Last modified: 2013-10-30 21:35:28 UTC
The latest Tomboy features a Find bar with a close button. This is inconsistent with other Gnome applications like Evince, Epiphany and Yelp. The find bar shouldn't have a close button but simply disappear when it loses focus. Please also compare Yelp bug 472003. Also I suggest to have the small Previous and Next arrows seen in other apps.
See bug #483297 for our most recent cleanup to this 2-year-old feature. At that time, Evince and Yelp were using < and > instead of actual arrows; even if they have changed (and I don't know if they have, I'm using GNOME 2.26), we need to conserve horizontal space so we'll stick with what we have. As for removing the close button, that may be a good idea, but I'm not going to change it now that we're past UI freeze and have only one developer release left. Targeting for Future, will reevaluate next cycle.
(In reply to comment #1) > See bug #483297 for our most recent cleanup to this 2-year-old feature. At > that time, Evince and Yelp were using < and > instead of actual arrows; even if > they have changed (and I don't know if they have, I'm using GNOME 2.26), we > need to conserve horizontal space so we'll stick with what we have. OK. > As for removing the close button, that may be a good idea, but I'm not going to > change it now that we're past UI freeze and have only one developer release > left. Targeting for Future, will reevaluate next cycle. Somehow I doubt that UI freeze was meant to prevent UI consistency fixes from being made. But anyway, thanks for considering.
(In reply to comment #2) > (In reply to comment #1) > > change it now that we're past UI freeze and have only one developer release > > left. Targeting for Future, will reevaluate next cycle. > > Somehow I doubt that UI freeze was meant to prevent UI consistency fixes from > being made. It affects documentation, but my main concern is not having enough releases to get it tested by users. I'm used to the Firefox-like approach that we use in Tomboy, so perhaps other users are, too, and I want time to get their feedback. AFAIK there is nothing in the HIG recommending what to do, so this "UI consistency" is more like "peer pressure". ;-)
The other bug is cloned, but it's not a dependency or blocker.
@Sandy, I'm currently on Tomboy 1.1.0 and the findbar is still in firefox style. Is it possible to try the suggested behavior in this development cycle?
(In reply to comment #5) > @Sandy, I'm currently on Tomboy 1.1.0 and the findbar is still in firefox > style. Is it possible to try the suggested behavior in this development cycle? Yes, especially if patches are provided. And thanks for the reminder!