Bug 330325 - A long standing ENHANCEMENT in search view SINCE THE START OF ECLIPSE
Summary: A long standing ENHANCEMENT in search view SINCE THE START OF ECLIPSE
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 32330
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Search (show other bugs)
Version: 3.7   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-Search-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2010-11-16 04:58 EST by rakshit CLA
Modified: 2010-11-16 07:54 EST (History)
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Description rakshit CLA 2010-11-16 04:58:12 EST
Build Identifier: 3.7.0

WHEN WE  CLICK OPEN SEARCH WE GET A SEARCH DIALOG BUT THERE ARE NO SPECIAL KEYS  FOR FIND NEXT SO WE  ARE FORCED TO USE THE KEY NEXT OCCURRENCE AND PREVIOUS OCCURRENCE . BUT FOR THEM TO WORK WE HAVE TO MANUALLY GET THE SEARCH VIEW TO COME IN THE FOREGROUND . CAN WE HAVE A DEDICATED KEY JUST FOR FIND NEXT AND FIND PREVIOUS ONLY DEDICATED FOR THE SEARCH VIEW  ON PRESSING WHICH THE SEARCH VIEW WILL AUTOMATICALLY COME TO THE FORE GROUND AND THE SEARCH WILL PROCEED .  AS A WORKAROUND WHAT I DO CURRENTLY IS MAP THE SAME KEY SAY F3  SUCH THAT WHEN I AM EDITING JAVA CODE IT BRINGS THE SEARCH VIEW IN THE FOREGROUND AND WHEN I AM ALREADY ON THE SEARCH VIEW IT WILL ACT AS NEXT OCCURRENCE BUTTON SO NOW I HAVE TO  PRESS THE F3 BUTTON TWICE ONCE TO MAXIMIZE SEARCH VIEW AND NEXT TIME TO GO TO THE NEXT SEARCH OCCURRENCE.  NOW IMAGINE I PIN A SEARCH VIEW AND HAVE MULTIPLE SEARCH TABS AND I AM EDITING JAVA CODE AND I WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT OCCURRENCE OF THE LATEST SEARCH WINDOW THAT I HAD PINNED  WHEN I CLICK F3 IT AUTOMATICALLY MAXIMIZES THE FIRST SEARCH OPENED  AND NOT THE LATEST SEARCH. also CAN WE HAVE A PREFERENCE AUTOMATICALLY OPEN IN NEW TABS WHICH WILL OPEN ALL SUBSEQUENT SEARCHES IN A NEW TAB


TO SUMMARIZE

 1> CAN WE HAVE A DEDICATED FIND NEXT FIND PREVIOUS BUTTON ON PRESSING WHICH THE LATEST SEARCH WINDOW THAT WAS PINNED APPEARS ON THE SCREEN AND I CAN PROCEED FROM THERE.

2> CAN WE HAVE A PREFERENCE CALLED ALWAYS OPEN SEARCH IN NEW TAB WHICH ONCE ACTIVATED WILL OPEN ALL SEARCH WINDOWS IN NEW TABS.



Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Remy Suen CLA 2010-11-16 05:27:07 EST
Please refrain from using capital letters if possible, thank you.
Comment 2 Remy Suen CLA 2010-11-16 07:22:43 EST
Bug 328460 might be relevant.
Comment 3 Krzysztof Daniel CLA 2010-11-16 07:43:37 EST

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 328460 ***
Comment 4 Dani Megert CLA 2010-11-16 07:54:21 EST

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 32330 ***