Jeff, I think you've hit the nail on the head -- at times, users might
want the Find bar to appear without losing focus. It's a small use-
case, I agree, but F8 is intended more as a toggle for the toolbar
whereas Ctrl-F is intended specifically for finding something with text
(much like in Firefo
I guess I'm not "getting it". Would putting input focus in the box on F8
interfere with the user doing something else? What? I've tried a few
things (e.g. ctrl-5, shift-ctrl-X) and they still function as expected
even when the box has focus. The only place I can see it would be an
issue is if you w
We've thought about this extensively and this behavior is by design.
Ctrl+F is an Edit menu command that works the same way Ctrl+F works in
Firefox or GEdit: it allows the user to perform a text search
immediately.
But the Shotwell search bar is about a lot more than just text
searching: you can f
