[Idle-dev] Feedback appreciated for two suggested new features

[Tal Einat]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 3:30 AM Mark Roseman wrote:

> > 1. Replace the search and replace dialogs with a search bar
>
>
> I personally like those, at least for simple search.
>
> I’d be a bit more cautious when it comes to a full find/replace with
> options. One of the nice advantages of dialogs is that they’re large enough
> to provide meaningful labels on everything, optional help text, etc. If the
> target audience includes many learners, who likely don’t have the same
> experience with IDE’s, the search bar idea may be a bit too concise.
> Haven’t looked at your implementation.
>

Our current find dialog isn't much clearer than a search bar:

[image: image.png]

For comparison, here's what the search bar in the current PR looks like on
Windows:

[image: image.png]

ISTM a button like "Find Next" would indeed help. I'm thinking having two
buttons, and up and down arrow, for "find next" and "find previous"
respectively.

Also, I think tooltips could help new users understand things.

The "Reg-Exp" search flag could perhaps benefit from a "help" button, which
would open some info about the syntax.

Thoughts?

- Tal
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