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Build 20011113. The find dialog often obscures matches found in the text editor. This severely hampers its usability, often requiring it to be moved. This could also be an accessibility issue, since it's harder to move dialogs with keyboard only. I suggest the following algorithm:
(interesting: TAB then SPACE causes Bugzilla to commit a new bug) Suggested algorithm: - if match can be highlighted without being obscured by find dialog, then do so - if not, position text so that match is on 3rd line (for a bit of context above) - if dialog still obscures match, move dialog out of the way, to a consistent location, e.g. centered in the bottom half of the editor area - if it still obscures match, move it above or below editor area
*** Bug 6460 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 7635 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Could also simply remember the position, as suggested in 7635. This is an important usability issue which we should do for 2.0.
*** Bug 2422 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Recommend implementing simple case of remembering last placement before addressing placement algorithm improvements.
fixed in 20020212-I.