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db ·
The Search function only seems to work in the current component category. If I was in the GUI components and wanted the String component, the Search should go to the Data category and highlight the String Component. It would make thing much easier to find. You don't always know which category a component is located in.
malc ·
Hi db,
That's right, at the moment the seach filter combines with those set on the filter groups. I want to change this so that a new search cancels any previous filters so it should do what you want.
The same applies to the filter bar - if you want to stack filters then you'll have to use SHIFT and CTRL to combine them.
db ·
malc wrote: Hi db,
That's right, at the moment the seach filter combines with those set on the filter groups. I want to change this so that a new search cancels any previous filters so it should do what you want.
The same applies to the filter bar - if you want to stack filters then you'll have to use SHIFT and CTRL to combine them.
Filter bar? Sorry, you lost me-do you mean the buttons on the left side? If so, SHIFT CTRL can't be applied to it.
malc ·
Sorry db, I may have phrased that badly.
The buttons on the left are part of what we call the Filter Bar: [old link]
The buttons are predefined searches that filter the toolbox by applying certain search criteria. The larger buttons look for a particular group tag (each component is tagged with a group). The small buttons filter on type.
At the moment the Filter Type buttons can be combined using SHIFT and CTRL (see the above link for how to do this).
When I mentioned using SHIFT and CTRL for all the filters in my post I was refering to how things will be and not how they are now.
Basically the Filter Bar and Search don't work quite right together at the moment (as you've seen) so they need to be changed. I hope to do this very soon.
Thanks.
db ·
malc wrote: Sorry db, I may have phrased that badly.
And I may have misunderstood. Are you sure we both speak English! 😉 <lol!>
The buttons on the left are part of what we call the Filter Bar: [old link]
The buttons are predefined searches that filter the toolbox by applying certain search criteria. The larger buttons look for a particular group tag (each component is tagged with a group). The small buttons filter on type.
That's what I already figured. I'm with you so far.
At the moment the Filter Type buttons can be combined using SHIFT and CTRL (see the above link for how to do this).
When I mentioned using SHIFT and CTRL for all the filters in my post I was refering to how things will be and not how they are now.
Basically the Filter Bar and Search don't work quite right together at the moment (as you've seen) so they need to be changed.
Ah-hah! Now we get to the crux of the biscuit! 🙂
I thought that you were saying that I could CTRL SHIFT to choose more than one filter groups.(Filter/Effect/Control,etc) But now I see that you can choose one filter group and multiple filter types right now. Am I close? 🙂
malc ·
Hi db, for some reason I must have missed your last post. I was browsing through posts related to the Search feature and spotted this one. Apologies.
db wrote: I thought that you were saying that I could CTRL SHIFT to choose more than one filter groups.(Filter/Effect/Control,etc) But now I see that you can choose one filter group and multiple filter types right now. Am I close?
Close? No, you're spot on 🙂
At some point I want to re-visit the filter bar to make it more flexible. However, other things are taking priority. For now though it makes sense to clear up some of the smaller issues.
The main issue is that a newly applied filter should clear the current one (unless it's a type filter in which case the CTRL/SHIFT modifier would allow you to combine it with searches and group selections). So if you select a group then do a search, the search will apply to the whole toolbox and not just the group. This saves having to cancel filters manually.
This should be done in the next release (hopefully today).
db ·
malc wrote: Hi db, for some reason I must have missed your last post. I was browsing through posts related to the Search feature and spotted this one. Apologies.
No troubles. (You forget the time difference. Vancouver is -8 hours GMT. Been sleeping the last 9 hours! 🙂 )
At some point I want to re-visit the filter bar to make it more flexible. However, other things are taking priority. For now though it makes sense to clear up some of the smaller issues.
Oh, I agree, get to it when you can. 'Tis but one more way to improve SM, not the only! 😉
This should be done in the next release (hopefully today).
Looking forward to it.
Cheers
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