Re: [libreoffice-design] Find and replace

I Kinda like having a find and replace menu. why should there be two hot
keys or even two menus.

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 12:08 PM, planas <jslozier@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 2011-10-15 at 07:45 +0200, Christoph Noack wrote:
>
> > Hi Andrew, Planas!
> >
> > Am Freitag, den 14.10.2011, 19:45 -0400 schrieb planas:
> > > On Fri, 2011-10-14 at 13:49 -0400, Andrew Pullins wrote:
> > >
> > > > why is it that the "Find and Replace" hot key was changed from "clrt
> + F" to
> > > > "clrt + alt + F". every program that I have ever used has ctrl + F as
> find.
> > > > ctrl + F does not seem to do any thing right now. so why did this
> change.
> > > > this was a bad decision, for users are used to the old hot key. why
> change
> > > > it on them.
> > >
> > > I have cntl+F for find only and cntl+alt+F for find/replace on 3.4.3
> > > using Ubuntu/Pinguy 11.04. I prefer having cntl+F and alt+F because
> both
> > > only need two fingers.
> >
> > CTRL+F should open the search toolbar - if not, then the configuration
> > is messed up, or (maybe) the search bar has been switched off via the
> > toolbar menu entry in View. Currently, the search bar is a toolbar
> > (which is a bit weird, but was chosen by the devs because of easier
> > implementation).
>
> I should be clearer, CTRL+F opened the search toolbar - at the bottom of
> the screen. Some may miss it because of its location does not get one's
> attention - initially I did not notice it.
>
> > For more information about the issue (and chances to contribute to make
> > the search experience better), see:
> > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Whiteboards/Find_Bar#Issue
> >
> > Greetings from the conference (or more detailed: shortly before
> > breakfast) :-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Christoph
>
>
>
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