| Summary: | Buttons labels in the "replace" field get easily cut off | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] kate | Reporter: | Michael D <nortexoid> |
| Component: | search | Assignee: | KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null> |
| Status: | CONFIRMED --- | ||
| Severity: | wishlist | CC: | christoph, justin.zobel, smowtenshi |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | 20.04.2 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Manjaro | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | ||
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Button labels cut off
Right-most buttons falling into search field |
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Confirmed on git master. I think this UI element could do with a re-arrange to be friendlier to smaller window sizes. Perhaps moving the next/previous buttons as well as the case senstivity/selection-only buttons next to the find/replace input boxes. Created attachment 136789 [details]
Right-most buttons falling into search field
I just noticed that this also affects the search field. The right-most buttons fall into the search field as the window narrows.
If I'm not mistaken, with kirigami you can have the buttons merge into a single button (e.g. a hamburger menu) as the window width narrows. Something similar happens to toolbar buttons when you squish a libreoffice window. Would be nice to see something like this for kwrite/kate.
We altered this layout X times. I think we really are down to a point where the size need is reasonable. Naturally everything can always be improved. If somebody steps up to implement it, we can discuss such improvements. So long I will put this to wish list. The search & replace works and is usable with reasonable large windows. I understand, but it's still not in an acceptable state, if you ask me. I also don't think it should be demoted to a wish since it impacts usability and is poorly designed. The size need being reasonable is what my first screenshot shows is false, but in any case, why should a usable interface depend on a window's width being a certain size when the window is allowed to have a smaller width? I would suggest replacing text with icons for a start, since that's easy to implement. |
Created attachment 129629 [details] Button labels cut off When doing a replace (Ctrl + R), the button labels get cut off unless the window is very wide. I wonder whether icons could replace them with a tooltip saying exactly what they do? Or perhaps the row's width could be reduced somehow?