Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-panel
In Ubuntu 8.10, the Gnome panel run application dialog has an
autocomplete feature that fills in the name of an application as you
type. As soon as there is only one application match, it includes and
selects the remaining letters. However, if the user continues to type
the application's name, after the first letter, the cursor is moved to
the end of the auto-completed word.
1. I want to run firefox. I open the "run application dialog", and type "fir"
2. Auto-complete fills in and highlightes "efox".
3. I type "e", and the cursor is moved to the end of the filled-in word
"firefox" and the word is deselected.
4. If I continue to type, the letters come at the end of the word, such as
"firefoxfox".
The behavior the dialog should have is to continue to highlight the
autocompleted word, so that additional typed characters overwrite it
instead of being appended to the end of it. If the user wishes to
accept the autocomplete suggestion and append more characters, she or he
can use the arrow keys or the mouse to deselect the word and move the
cursor to the end. This was the behavior in earlier versions, and in
every similar autocomplete system I've seen.
** Affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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run application dialog autocomplete regression
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227406
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