Re: Type-ahead searching is now hosed
Re: Type-ahead searching is now hosed
- Subject: Re: Type-ahead searching is now hosed
- From: "Sean McBride" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:38:05 -0400
- Organization: Rogue Research Inc.
On 10/27/09 11:07 PM, Chris Espinosa said:
>>> 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.
>>
>> You're entitled to your opinion, but please acknowledge that this is
>> a matter of personal preference and not something that can be proven
>> true or false. Cocoa provides one behavior, you prefer another.
>> Xcode conforms to the system default behavior in this case. It is
>> certainly advantageous for us to behave in the same way as most
>> other apps on the system. We should have a good reason not to, and I
>> don't see it in this case.
>
>Also note that AppKit behaved one way in Mac OS X 10.5 and a different
>way in Mac OS X 10.6. The new behavior type-selects from the current
>selection, not the top of the list. So on the one hand, it is
>consistent and has its logic, but on the other hand, it is a change in
>behavior.
Is there a key shortcut to first select the item at the top of the
list? If so, one could get the old behaviour by first using that then
start type-selecting.
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Rogue Research www.rogue-research.com
Mac Software Developer Montréal, Québec, Canada
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