Bug 359686 - [IDE][Dialogs] Open Resource dialog should work like Firefox awesomebar
Summary: [IDE][Dialogs] Open Resource dialog should work like Firefox awesomebar
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: IDE (show other bugs)
Version: 3.7.1   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform UI Triaged CLA
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Reported: 2011-10-03 06:56 EDT by Neale Upstone CLA
Modified: 2011-11-18 10:34 EST (History)
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Description Neale Upstone CLA 2011-10-03 06:56:01 EDT 
Build Identifier: 3.7.1

It's hard easily open some resources with only the keyboard, and I have to resort to the mouse to scroll to find the correct one of many with the same/similar name.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. With a reasonable sized Maven project open after having built it 
2. Open the Open Resource.. dialog
3. type "surefire Test"
4. no results

Wanted behaviour

4. I want to see results where the resource file path contains all of the whitespace separated tokens that I have typed

This would be especially useful when the user wants a specific pom.xml, .project or .classpath file.
Comment 1 Remy Suen CLA 2011-10-03 09:20:00 EDT 
You can use * and / to create wildcards and also path separators.
Comment 2 Neale Upstone CLA 2011-10-03 12:36:43 EDT 
Typing *surefire*/*Test* isn't quite the same thing

It's a UX thing.  

There is no indication in that dialog that paths are included at all, and now I know they are, it's still a pain to work with, as once I've typed, say pom.xml, I then have to go to the beginning of the line when I discover the choice is large.