https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513421
Bug ID: 513421
Summary: [UI consistency] "Find in Files" has no close button
and some ways to open it up don't make it obvious how
to close it
Classification: Applications
Product: kate
Version First 25.04.2
Reported In:
Platform: postmarketOS
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: search
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 187693
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=187693&action=edit
A screenshot showing the "Find in Files" dialog.
SUMMARY
The "Find in Files" has no close button, as far as I can tell. The "Edit" >
"Find in files" entry also doesn't seem to be set up to be a toggle, which it
perhaps should be.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open "Edit" menu, click "Find in Files"
2. The "Find in Files" panel comes up
3. Try to find the close button for the panel, or to close it the way you
opened it via "Edit" menu.
OBSERVED RESULT
There doesn't seem to be a close button like there is for the regular "Find"
panel.
It seems like it can be closed by grabbing the upper border and dragging down,
but that doesn't seem particularly obvious especially since the "Find" dialog
it doesn't work that way. It's not quite clear visually that the "Find in
Files" is a panel type thing while "Find" isn't. I guess it might be less
confusing to people who typically have the "Terminal" or "Output" panel
enabled, where "Find in Files" seems to replace it, but when you start out with
none of that open then compared to the "Find" dialog the lack of a close button
seems confusing!
EXPECTED RESULT
It should probably have a close button so it is more similar to the "Find"
dialog. Alternatively, e.g. pressing CTRL+SHIFT+F again while it is already
open would be nice as a toggle to close it and also "Edit" > "Find in Files"
could be turned into a toggle. I realize there is a "Search" toggle in the
status bar too but that took me quite a while to find, since that's not where I
opened it up.
I hope some of those ideas are useful to make it slightly less surprising to
close!
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:
macOS:
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: postmarketOS
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.6
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.13.0
Qt Version: 6.8.3
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