Re: [GNC] Change the default "Find" from "Description" to "Value"?

2023-11-15 Thread David Carlson
I agree that everyones' favorite search terms will be differrnt. However if there is a table of the terms previously used that might go a long way, especially if the terms used for the current search were displayed with the results so we could see where those search results are coming from. I

Re: [GNC] Change the default "Find" from "Description" to "Value"?

2023-11-15 Thread David Kirkby
Yes, the last search sounds sensible, as it does not need any extra widgets to make a selection. On Wed, 15 Nov 2023 at 21:47, Derek Atkins wrote: > I think if you ask 100 people what their default "search" is, you'll get > 120 different answers. I don't think any solution is going to work for

Re: [GNC] Change the default "Find" from "Description" to "Value"?

2023-11-15 Thread Derek Atkins
I think if you ask 100 people what their default "search" is, you'll get 120 different answers. I don't think any solution is going to work for everyone. IMHO, the most reasonable solution would be remembering the last used search criteria and default to that next time. -derek On Wed, November

Re: [GNC] Change the default "Find" from "Description" to "Value"?

2023-11-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Probably 99.23% of my searches, 96.81% of the time, are the same. Regards, Adrien On 11/15/23 2:57 PM, David H wrote: Good suggestion, I'd like that as well, every time I do a Find I always change it to "Description, Notes or Memo" to cover all the bases :-)

Re: [GNC] Change the default "Find" from "Description" to "Value"?

2023-11-15 Thread David H
Stan, Good suggestion, I'd like that as well, every time I do a Find I always change it to "Description, Notes or Memo" to cover all the bases :-) Cheers David H. On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 at 01:25, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) < stan...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > On 2023-11-14 09:06, David Kirkby wrote:

Re: [GNC] Change the default "Find" from "Description" to "Value"?

2023-11-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I think there is one already for saving search patterns. That might be more versatile than changing the default. (and allow the default to remain as-is) Regards, Adrien On 11/15/23 9:25 AM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: I've wondered about this too, with one change of detail: I'd like to

Re: [GNC] Change the default "Find" from "Description" to "Value"?

2023-11-15 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-11-14 09:06, David Kirkby wrote: > If I want to find something, Edit -> Find will find it, but 99% of the time > I want to search by a value, not by description. Is it possible to change > the default, so I don't have to keep selecting "Value" each time? I've wondered about this too, with

Re: [GNC] Change the default "Find" from "Description" to "Value"?

2023-11-14 Thread john
> On Nov 14, 2023, at 09:06, David Kirkby > wrote: > > If I want to find something, Edit -> Find will find it, but 99% of the time > I want to search by a value, not by description. Is it possible to change > the default, so I don't have to keep selecting "Value" each time? No. Regards,

[GNC] Change the default "Find" from "Description" to "Value"?

2023-11-14 Thread David Kirkby
If I want to find something, Edit -> Find will find it, but 99% of the time I want to search by a value, not by description. Is it possible to change the default, so I don't have to keep selecting "Value" each time? -- Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Kirkby Microwave Ltd Email: