wbsoft/frescobaldi — Issue #2: 1.9.2: Search box placement and sice does not accont for scrollbars.
Author: cognot
Created: 2011-11-13 17:37:06+00:00
State: open

Hi,

I've been following the 2.x line for some time now, and would like to report something that has been annoying me for some time.

When you try a find or find/replace, the searchbox that opens does not account for scrollbars in the editing area, i.e.:
* if you have a very small text file everything is ok,
* if the file length exceeds what can be displayed a vertical scrollbar appears (which is expected) bu it comes on top of the searchbox close button (it is stil accessible, but half hidden).
* if a line length exceeds what can be displayed a horizontal scrollbar appears (which is also expected). But this time for a simple search it almost hides the search text input (to the point of making it unreadable)...

It would be better to move it out of the text window to avoid that problem entirely.

Another annoyance (please tell me if you want a seperate issue on that) is that the search box does not take the focus. Hitting enter while in a search is sent to the main editing window.

Regards,
Richard.

PS: otherwise great job on this. And good luck when you will get to the point where you will begin to tackle the problem of making an installer for windows, as I feel this one will be a challenge in itself (I'm running this on windows at home, and although having it working has been a relatively easy, getting all the bells and whistles working with the various third parties (preview, midi) is a bit of a pain...