Type-ahead searching is now hosed
Type-ahead searching is now hosed
- Subject: Type-ahead searching is now hosed
- From: Steve Mills <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:25:03 -0500
Anyone else notice that Xcode and/or 10.6 is now returning the wrong
items when a list has focus and you type to find the item you want? No
doubt many of you have dozens of source files in your Xcode projects,
and they're sorted alphabetically, possibly in subgroups. Say you have
these files among hundreds of others in a project:
a1
b1
c1
a2
b2
c2
In 2.5, you could type 'a' and *always* expect it to scroll to and
select a1. But now in 3.2, if c2 is currently selected and you type
'a', it will scroll to and select a2. This does not make sense. This
method of type-searching should always produce the same result, no
matter what the current selection or scroll position is. This goofy
3.2 method is causing lost time by having to type much longer search
phrases to get the exact file, even though I could previously type
only a few letters to select it. If you care, please submit a bug so
Apple realizes this is dumb and wrong and puts the old, correct method
back. I already did (radar://7310112), and they said it was correct.
What's next, sorting file names based on how many pixels the glyphs
draw?
Steve Mills
Drummer, Mac geek
http://sjmills5.home.mchsi.com/
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