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Bug 634612 - Pressing up and down while searching the contact list should not select groups
Pressing up and down while searching the contact list should not select groups
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: empathy
Classification: Core
Component: Contact List
2.32.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: empathy-maint
empathy-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-11-11 18:02 UTC by Will Thompson
Modified: 2018-05-22 14:27 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Will Thompson 2010-11-11 18:02:18 UTC 
I have several copies of Jonny in my roster (one for work, one for non-work, one for link-local XMPP, and one for Facebook that I haven't merged yet). When I search for Jonny, all four show up (as they should), and the first is selected (as it should be). The → in this (abridged) diagram shows the selected row:

  Collabora           ▽
→  ◉ Jonny Lamb
  ☃ People Nearby     ▽
   ◉ Jonny Lamb
  Ungrouped           ▽
   ⊗ Jonny Lamb

  [Jonny             ×]

But when I hit the down arrow, the focus moves to the People Nearby group header:

  Collabora           ▽
   ◉ Jonny Lamb
→ ☃ People Nearby     ▽
   ◉ Jonny Lamb
  Ungrouped           ▽
   ⊗ Jonny Lamb

  [Jonny             ×]

I think it should move to the next matching contact:


  Collabora           ▽
   ◉ Jonny Lamb
  ☃ People Nearby     ▽
→  ◉ Jonny Lamb
  Ungrouped           ▽
   ⊗ Jonny Lamb

  [Jonny             ×]
Comment 1 Guillaume Desmottes 2010-11-12 08:30:44 UTC 
Nice bug report :)

I'm not sure tbh, having a different behaviour depending if you are in a search or not seems confusing to me. Also, some people want to be able to hide/show groups using they keyboard, see bug #632787
Comment 2 Will Thompson 2010-11-12 12:30:21 UTC 
I don't think anyone will ever notice the difference in behaviour unless they're looking, tbh. :)
Comment 3 Guillaume Desmottes 2010-11-17 12:50:02 UTC 
I guess you're right.
Comment 4 Will Thompson 2011-03-14 12:40:32 UTC 
Apparently I accidentally marked this as critical somehow?
Comment 5 Daniel Stone 2011-05-20 11:25:51 UTC 
tbh, is selecting groups from the keyboard ever useful in general?
Comment 6 Will Thompson 2011-05-20 11:30:47 UTC 
I think selecting groups with the keyboard while not searching is conceivably useful (for accessibility reasons if nothing else).

I don't think collapsing groups during a search makes much sense: after all, we forcibly open all groups when the user starts searching. Maybe they should become visibly insensitive?
Comment 7 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-22 14:27:00 UTC 
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