On Oct 24, 10:46 pm, Daniel Gackle <danielgac...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good suggestion. I'll try to report bugs this way. > > Here is what I meant from the first post: > > 1. openhttp://getfirebug.com > 2. type "document" > 3. type TAB > 4. bug: now you're in address bar > > Here is what I meant from the second post: > > 1. openhttp://getfirebug.com > 2. type "docc" > 3. type TAB > 4. bug: now you're in address bar
Unfortunately this is exactly the case that conflicts with Web browser use of Tab key to move between fields. That is why I think we should consider not using Tab for completion at all. jjb > > Daniel > > On Oct 24, 11:33 pm, John J Barton <johnjbar...@johnjbarton.com> > wrote: > > > On Oct 24, 10:18 pm, Daniel Gackle <danielgac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I'm happy to report that Firebug 1.7a4 on Ubuntu is working pretty > > > well. But there are still some problems with the completion > > > feature. I'm going to post them as I experience them. Here's one. > > > > The TAB key still puts me in the address bar if I hit it after typing > > > an entire name. That is, if I type a symbol but do not finish typing > > > it, and hit TAB, it works correctly (this is the fix from last > > > week). However, if I happen to have finished typing it and hit TAB, > > > focus jumps unexpectedly to the address bar. > > > > I just got bit by this: I happened to finish typing a short name and > > > hit TAB, then hit ENTER, and the web page unexpectedly refreshed, > > > losing all my debugging state. Admittedly, this was not a sequence of > > > keys I would have typed if I had been paying closer attention, but > > > sometimes one does habitual things in the wrong order, and the > > > behavior in this case should be harmless (as it is on Firebug 1.7a4 on > > > Windows). > > > > Does that make sense? > > > I'm in the middle of reworking the command line using two overlapping > > HTML input boxes and not using selectionRange for the completion text. > > The result will visually resemble the new Google completer. I have > > some of the basic stuff working again. > > > What I need to address this kind of problem is detailed specific test > > cases, eg > > 1. openhttp://getfirebug.com > > 2. type "doc" > > 3. type TAB > > 4. ?? > > > Things like "a symbol" and "short name" etc. are not useful because I > > don't know what to type in those cases. > > > jjb > > > > Regards, > > > Daniel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to fire...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to firebug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en.
