Hi Padraig. On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 16:42 +0100, Padraig O'Briain wrote: > Joanie, > > This webrev still requires some work. Michal has pointed out some > problems to me.
Understood. > My understanding is that the only time the search results are cleared > is if you land in the categories. I believe that this is the intended > behavior. Fair enough, and please accept my apologies for being dense. But... WHY is that the intended behavior? Let's simplify matters a bit: I am a sighted, mouse-clicking user. I search all repositories for 'python'. Having performed my search, in the column on the left I see a list of one item: "All." The spirit moves me to click on All, selecting it in the list. No I don't know why I would actually want to do this, given that I have a list of exactly one item, but I can do it. ;-) So... What I expect to have happen: 1. All becomes selected in the list. What I do NOT expect to have happen: 1. A rather dramatic pause during which nothing takes place on screen. 2. All, the very item I clicked on, vanishing entirely. 3. The list in which All had been prior to my clicking on it, becoming completely repopulated (All Applications, Accessories, Configuration and Preferences, etc., etc.) 4. The combo box above the list in which All used to be changing from "All Categories" to "All Applications." 5. Focus NOT being moved to the list in which I had clicked, but rather back into the list of packages. And, last but not least: 6. My search being cleared. If this is the intended behavior, so be it. I just find it a bit confusing as an end user. Normally when I select something in a list, that item becomes selected. > With this change we have tried to mitigate the problem by having the > focus in application list after doing a search. And, don't get me wrong, you have mitigated it. As a said before, the changes you've made improve the overall user experience considerably. > There is another change coming, I think John has posted the webrev, > which will add a function key to allow you to initiate a search. Yup! That will also be a great addition. Thanks again! Take care. --Joanie > > Padraig > > On 04/02/09 16:34, Joanmarie Diggs wrote: > > I just gave it a try. Those changes make things a heck of a lot more > > usable in general, not to mention more accessible. Thanks guys! > > > > I do have a question though: The issue of the search results sometimes > > being cleared unexpectedly -- and focus landed someplace unexpected -- > > is still present. If this is a known issue and the intent is to address > > it separately, then don't mind me. :-) > > > > Take care. > > --Joanie > > > > On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 09:25 +0100, jmr wrote: > > > > > I've reviewed this offline with Padraig and it makes a nice job of > > > clarifying some of the logic on updating the info in the details panel. > > > So +1. > > > > > > Note: Padraig David wants us to hold off on put backs whilst the data > > > corruption issue is worked on. > > > > > > JR > > > > > > Padraig O'Briain wrote: > > > > > > > The webrev, http://cr.opensolaris.org/~padraig/ips-7792-v2/, fixes > > > > 7792 Moving focus after a search sometimes clears the search results > > > > unexpectedly > > > > > > > > This webrev changes the initial focussed widget to be the search entry > > > > field instead of the Reload button. After a search is performed the > > > > application list is focused and the first row is selected. > > > > > > > > Padraig > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > pkg-discuss mailing list > > > > pkg-discuss@opensolaris.org > > > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pkg-discuss mailing list > > > pkg-discuss@opensolaris.org > > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list pkg-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
