Re: PATCH: Enable backwards search in SQL Box

On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 5:15 PM, J.F. Oster <jinfroster@mail.ru> wrote:
> Hello Dave,
>
> Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 12:56:51 AM, you wrote:
>
> DP> Shift-F3 should always do the opposite of what the radio
> DP> buttons are set to. So, by default with the Forward radio button
> DP> selected, Shift-F3 will search backwards, whilst if the Backwards
> DP> radio button is selected, Shift-F3 should search forwards.
>
> You are right. For example, SciTE does the same.
>
> According to the above implemented it in a simplier way.
> Please see the patch.

Thanks. Akshay, can you take another look please?

> By the way, I was puzzled why search dialog's settings are saved
> sometimes and sometimes are not. Depending on dialog's close method:
> 1. Pressing ESC or "Close" form button calls OnCancel() which does not
> save;
> 2. Pressing title [x] button or Alt-F4 (or similar OS hotkey) calls
> OnClose() which does save.
>
> Shouldn't the behaviour be the same regardless of dialog's close
> method? Or at least the difference should be noted in documentation.

Yes, it should. Patches welcome :-)

> Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 12:56:51 AM, you wrote:
>
> DP> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Akshay Joshi
> DP> <akshay.joshi@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> DP> Hi Dave═
>
>
> DP> Ashesh asked me to review the patch. I have reviewed the
> DP> patch and tested it. Found one behavior which gets change after
> DP> applying the patch.
>
>
> DP> Behavior Before:- When search direction is forward and user
> DP> press F3, it searches the string in forward direction. Similarly
> DP> if search direction is backward and user press F3, it searches the
> DP> string in the backward direction. Nothing will be happen when user
> DP> press═Shift-F3.═
>
>
> DP> Behavior After :- ═When user press F3, it searches the string
> DP> in forward direction while on pressing Shift-F3, it searches the
> DP> string in backward direction. It is not dependent on the search
> DP> direction selected from the dialog. Also the selection of radio
> DP> button is dependent on the key press, if F3 is pressed then
> DP> forward button is selected and if Shift-F3 is pressed then
> DP> backward is selected.═
>
>
> DP> Is this behavior acceptable?═
>
>
>
>
>
> DP> No, I don't think so (if I'm understanding correctly). I
> DP> believe what should happen is that:
>
>
> DP> - F3 should honour the search direction on the radio buttons,
> DP> in all cases. If the Forward button is selected, F3 searches
> DP> forward, and if the Backwards button is selected, F3 searches
> DP> backwards.
>
>
> DP> - Shift-F3 should always do the opposite of what the radio
> DP> buttons are set to. So, by default with the Forward radio button
> DP> selected, Shift-F3 will search backwards, whilst if the Backwards
> DP> radio button is selected, Shift-F3 should search forwards.
>
>
> DP> The reason for this is that the radio buttons give the most
> DP> obvious visual cue, so F3 (Find Next) should follow what they are
> DP> set to.
> DP> ═
>
>
> DP> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Ashesh Vashi
> DP> <ashesh.vashi@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> DP> Sure.
> DP> I will do that.
>
>
>
> DP> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> DP> Ashesh, can you look at, and if appropriate, commit this please?
>
> DP> Thanks.
>
> DP> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 5:46 PM, J.F. Oster <jinfroster@mail.ru> wrote:
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> Pressing F3 in query editor makes the previously started search
>>> continue forwards.
>>> This patch adds expected behavior for Shift-F3.
>>>
>>> There is a minor inconvenience when just changing the search direction
>>> - you have to press (Shift-)F3 *twice* for the (previous)next occurence
>>> to get highlighted. That's because first time goes for cursor movement
>>> to the corresponding boundary of current occurence. But that also
>>> happens when search direction is changed with dialog radio-buttons, so
>>> I think it's ok.
>>>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
>  J.F.



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