Bug 170279

Summary: Contents of kate search bar is jumping
Product: [Applications] kate Reporter: Herbert Graeber <herbert>
Component: generalAssignee: KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: caslav.ilic, webmaster
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Unspecified   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Attachments: Initial layout of the search bar
Laypout of search bar with message

Description Herbert Graeber 2008-09-02 23:32:32 UTC
Version:           3.1.1 (using KDE 4.1.0)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

The Controls inside of kate's search bar are jumping when a message appears inside of the bar. Especially the Next and Previous buttons change position. The focus of the user is on items found and he expects, that there is the same button under his mouse cursor as before, as long as he doesn't move it. But when a message is displayed this expectation doesnÄ't hold. That's bad uasability.
Comment 1 Herbert Graeber 2008-09-02 23:34:24 UTC
Created attachment 27198 [details]
Initial layout of the search bar

This shows the layout of kate's search bar, while end of file has not been reached
Comment 2 Herbert Graeber 2008-09-02 23:35:30 UTC
Created attachment 27199 [details]
Laypout of search bar with message

This shows the layout of kate's search bar at end of file.
Comment 3 Chusslove Illich 2008-09-03 01:55:43 UTC
A few months ago I tried to redesign search and replace bars for this kind of problems not to happen, but it was only possible by increasing the height of the bars, which many people didn't like, and no action was taken. Here is my last message on that, with links to earlier discussions and final layout proposals:

  http://lists.kde.org/?l=kwrite-devel&m=121404203715399&w=2

So, if this bug is closed as WONTFIX, I guess you should just use a wider Kate window, and possibly make a wishlist report to German localization, to see if a shorter text in those messages can be arranged for.
Comment 4 Sebastian Pipping 2008-09-18 03:16:55 UTC
Related to bug #168687
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168687
Comment 5 Sebastian Pipping 2008-10-02 23:12:01 UTC
http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=867127