Re: [PATCH] filechooser: restore pre-3.16 type-ahead-find with setting (off by default)

[Thomas Martitz <kugel rockbox org>]

Am 29.08.2015 um 22:22 schrieb Thomas Martitz:
> I know, I've tried 3.17.7.
>
> True, it's an improvement over 3.16, for what it's supposed to be: a 
> tool to search for files/dirs within the current directory. It's still 
> not a viable replacement for what type-ahead-find is supposed to be: a 
> tool to quickly navigate through a well-known directory tree.
>
> I use type-ahead to swiftly go to directories and files that I 
> perfectly know where they are. I just want to open those quickly using 
> only the keyboard (I'm a programmer). I loved this method even when I 
> used windows many years ago and I am totally accustomed to this. Any 
> thing else simply doesn't work for me or would require relearning the 
> way I use my computer after many years.
>
> To summarize why the new search isn't a viable replacement:
> 1) Search results appear with delay compared to type-ahead find 
> (though not large)
> 2) I can't just open/select the first match with enter because it's 
> not highlighted
> 3) the search results mix files and directories even if the original 
> directory view has directories sorted before files and regardless of 
> the context-menu->show dirs before files checkbox (is this a bug?)
> 4) It does substring search so files/dirs that end with my search 
> pattern are listed as well (sometimes even before those that I want to 
> select in the first place)
> 6) The file view radically changes upon search even if my intend is to 
> simply select an item from the unchanged view
> 6) It feels alien compared to previous and Windows experience (I still 
> use Windows from time to time).
>
> 3 and 4 are most annoying, I could perhaps live with it if those where 
> fixed. However, since type-ahead-find is still built into the 
> GtkTreeView widget enabling it for the file chooser requires 
> essentially no additional code so IMO the setting to re-enable it for 
> those who favor it makes sense and comes at no cost.
>
> BTW: Some archlinux users even created an AUR to restore the old 
> behavior: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gtk3-typeahead
>
> I don't think the above solution is the way to go forward. I'd like to 
> have a solution in GTK+ itself that works for everyone.

I would like to emphasize my interest in this topic and patch and ask 
for someone to review the patch and consider it for merging, please.

See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=754302

Best regards