Remove carat from Find (Ctrl-F) function

• Apr 8, 2016 - 15:39
Reported version
2.1
Type
Graphical (UI)
Severity
3
Status
closed
Project
MuseScore
Tags
easy

The Find (Ctrl-F) function text field shows a carat which is not hooked up to any functionality.

The issue:
It confuses users as one may expect see either a list of previous search terms, or a search selection (e.g. page, bar or rehearsal mark).

Possible solution is to remove the carat.

Cheers,

Dave

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Find.jpg 2.79 KB

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• Apr 8, 2016 - 16:33

Yes, which I prefer, personally.

I think it helps from a usability perspective to visually guide the user how to use certain functions.

In other words, one should be able to use the Find function without prior knowledge of a pprefix to find e.g. a page. So it may become something similar to Word's Find function (see my mockup screenshot for a dark theme).

On the other hand, from a developer perspective, it may be easier and quicker to implement the current solution with the prefixes. The choice is at the developers' discretion.

Cheers,

Dave

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Find-New.png 6.06 KB

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• Apr 9, 2016 - 23:15

Thanks for the note.

I suspected it was a generic GUI component from QT. Isn't there a way to add a button and a text field, but not a comboBox?

It is a minor issue in my opinion, but I did spent some time to figure out how the Find is supposed to work and the carat suggested functionality that is not there.

Cheers,

Dave

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• Feb 17, 2017 - 07:55

This is the implementation. When Return/Enter is pressed, the searched value is saved in the searchbox and the search dialogue is closed.

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