Re: Docs global search term bleeds into local find term
Re: Docs global search term bleeds into local find term
- Subject: Re: Docs global search term bleeds into local find term
- From: Joar Wingfors <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:12:05 -0700
This is (as you've noticed) the standard behavior for apps on Mac OS X, the underlying implementation provided by NSPasteboard and the "NSFindPboard". Since it's a standard behavior for apps on the platform, it's something that Xcode should adopt and conform to unless we have some special reason not to. I personally *really* like this behavior.
j o a r
On 26 jun 2010, at 12.46, Matt Neuburg wrote:
> In the Docs window, you can do two kinds of search: a global search (in the
> Search field in the toolbar) and a local find (Command-F to see the local
> find field). The problem is that the latter is being mysteriously set by the
> former, and it should not be.
>
> For example, let's say I want to know whether any NSString methods return an
> NSIndexSet. So I global search on NSString, and in the NSString class doc
> page, I do a local find on "NSIndexSet". I don't find anything, so now I
> want to ask the same question about NSArray. So I global search on NSArray,
> and in the NSArray class doc page, I do a local find on - but wait, what's
> this? "NSIndexSet" has been removed from the local find and replaced with
> "NSArray"!
>
> The same thing happens if you switch to another app and come back: whatever
> is in the Search field replaces whatever you had in the local find field.
>
> This seems wrong and a bug, but others may feel differently so I elicit
> comments before deciding whether to file it as such. m.
>
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