[HS] Re: Search in 3.2b6516

--- In [email protected], "chrisant_wa" <chrisant@...> wrote:
>
> --- "Alex" <agcme2002@> wrote:
> > Is there a quick keystroke that could clear the search 
> > box or return to the box with all the text highlighted 
> > so that more typing erases the contents of the search 
> > instead of appending at first?  
> 
> You can use Backspace.
> Or if the keyboard has an Escape key, use that.
> Do you have a suggestion for a keystroke that could be used to clear the search box?

I was trying to think of one but the sticky part was trying to keep the keyboard off the screen because of the screen space that it takes up.  I'll have to think more about it.


> > In other words, if you navigate away from the search box 
> > (by checking off an item or scrolling the list) and then 
> > focus goes back to search, it will select all text in the 
> > box then start typing new text.
> > Right now it does appear to highlight the text in the 
> > search box but the moment any typing starts it jumps to 
> > the end of the text and appends more.  I tried it with the 
> > on-screen keyboard as well and it behaves similarly.  If 
> > the on-screen keyboard stays up all the time (which 
> > obscures a lot of the list) then the search box will erase 
> > and rewrite.  If I close the on-screen keyboard and then 
> > open it again, the search text is only appended and never 
> > erased.
> 
> HS has to read your mind to know when you're done with a search and want to start a new one.  The way it does that is by noticing when you check off (or uncheck) an item in the filtered list.
> I just tried on a device with a keyboard with the SIP hidden, and checking off an item causes subsequent text to replace the search box contents rather than append.  I can't reproduce the problem you described.  Can you give a detailed step by step how-to?
>

Sure, here's what I do.  This assumes I've put items to get on the Need list and now the Need list is up and running.

Open on-screen keyboard, search box appears
Type in text to search
Item appears, check off item.
Close keyboard so I can see  rest of screen
Touch anywhere on screen
Open keyboard for a new search
Search box opens again with last search text but it is not highlighted

Since my on-screen keyboard is so huge I have to close it just to see most of the list.  The highlighting seems to break when the keyboard turns on and off.

Maybe if the search is brought up with the keyboard it should just start off blank or if the keyboard is sent away just erase the text that was there so the next time it starts up blank again?  The box seems to remember the last search term always without ever erasing it.