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Bug 646754 - search entry does not appear focused, but it is
search entry does not appear focused, but it is
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: search
2.91.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-04-04 23:04 UTC by Gabriel Burt
Modified: 2013-08-18 12:06 UTC
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Description Gabriel Burt 2011-04-04 23:04:05 UTC 
When you trigger Activities, the search entry is focused.  If you type, it will immediately begin searching - but it doesn't visually appear focused, which is the normal way of indicating that keyboard input will go to a particular entry.

Instead it has a label "Type to search..." telling to user to type, but that's confusing since it's not how entries work anywhere else in GNOME.
Comment 1 ahatomastarday 2011-08-18 13:25:36 UTC 
Agree with this, the current look is in fact counter-intuitive.
Comment 2 Allan Day 2011-11-18 17:52:58 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
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> Instead it has a label "Type to search..." telling to user to type, but that's
> confusing since it's not how entries work anywhere else in GNOME.

The plan is to use this kind of behaviour elsewhere, almost like typeahead find.
Comment 3 Allan Day 2013-08-18 12:06:55 UTC 
Also, focusing the search entry would make it look like search is the primary thing in the overview, and would distract from the window thumbnails et al.