Bug 153279

Summary:	Filter-as-you-type for file selector
Product:	[Applications] kdevelop	Reporter:	Thomas McGuire <mcguire>
Component:	file selector	Assignee:	kdevelop-bugs-null
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	3.4.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Thomas McGuire 2007-12-02 15:29:07 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.8)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

The filter at the bottom of the file selector if very useful for me, because I work on projects with many files and need the filter to find any files at all.

However, the filter could be improved to make its usage easier:

1. Add wildcards automatically. Currently, I have to enter "*edit*" and then press enter to find, for example, kmeditor.cpp. It would be great if KDevelop would internally always surround the filter word with asterisks.

2. Add filter-as-you-type. Whenever the user presses a key in the filter textbox, the view should automatically be updated. Then I wouldn't need to press enter all the time.

Comment 1 Andreas Pakulat 2007-12-02 17:18:33 UTC

SVN commit 744048 by apaku:

Update the fileselector during typing of a filter. Seems to work fine, even with
some hundreds of files in a directory
BUG:153279


 M  +3 -0      fileselector_widget.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=744048

Comment 2 Thomas McGuire 2007-12-05 12:57:46 UTC

Thanks, that was fast. Seems to pay of to report wishes when I read in your blog that you'll be looking at KDE3 wishes :)

Now only 1) (insert * automatically) is missing, but I guess I should really open a separate bug report for this.