Dave Korn wrote on Wednesday, May 06, 2009 10:33 AM: > Ken Brown wrote: >> On 5/6/2009 9:25 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>> This -47 release is accompanied by a new setup-1.7.exe installer, version >>> number is 2.617. >>> >>> This new installer adds the capability to search for package names in a >>> search field, top-left in the package selection window. >> >> There's one potential pitfall for people who like to use the partial >> view to see which packages are being updated before they proceed with >> the installation. Suppose you use the search field to find a package >> you want to install. If you then go to the partial view, you have to >> remember to clear the search box in order to see all the packages that >> are being installed. > > Well, yes. Suppose you use the search field anywhere, with or without > changing view, and don't clear it? Then you have to remember to clear it in > order to see all the files. > > I'm not sure it would be nice to auto clear the search box automatically on > changing modes; people might not want to have their filter zapped, and > clicking on the view button only *clearly* indicates the user's intent to > change the view, it would be false reasoning to attempt to infer what they > want done to the filter from that action. > > Maybe it would suffice if we put some kind of visual indication in the > chooser that there were excluded packages? Say we added a dummy entry at the > end of the list that couldn't be clicked on and that just said > > [ ... more packages filtered out by search string ... ] > > in italics or something like that?
Sounds good to me. BTW, thanks to everyone who worked on the search feature, it is very nice :) My only (minor) complaint is it lacks a button to clear its contents. Perhaps I'll submit a P to TC. -- Bryan Thrall FlightSafety International bryan.thr...@flightsafety.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
