| Searching Files [message #197888] |
Mon, 07 March 2005 17:44  |
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Originally posted by: gyetko.sedsystems.ca
I would like to see if it is possible to make an enhancement to the
searching of files. Here is what I would like:
1. A right click menu option on a node in the Package Explorer view to say
"Search...".
2. This shows the standard Search dialog with the Scope automatically
loaded with the directory specified from the node clicked on in the
Package Explorer.
I have some pretty big directory structures in my projects and things take
a little long to search. I don't want to have to go through the motions
of having to reenter the parent directory to search from as a working set
when I just have right clicked on it. The JDT has this context already
and it could be passed on to the Search dialog.
Think of how aggrevating it would be to Windows users if they right
clicked on a folder in Windows Explorer and selected "Search...". Then
they would be forced to reenter the full path to the folder in the "Look
in:" field on the search screen.
JDT's search within Eclipse's Package Explorer should work the same way as
Window's Explorer. This is what people are used to and it is intuitive.
Otherwise the GUI feels like a Linux application.
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| Re: Searching Files [message #197984 is a reply to message #197888] |
Tue, 08 March 2005 15:38  |
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Originally posted by: eclipse.rizzoweb.com
Brian Gyetko wrote:
> I would like to see if it is possible to make an enhancement to the
> searching of files. Here is what I would like:
> 1. A right click menu option on a node in the Package Explorer view to
> say "Search...".
> 2. This shows the standard Search dialog with the Scope automatically
> loaded with the directory specified from the node clicked on in the
> Package Explorer.
I agree that Search should be available from the pop-up menu (in
Navigator and Package Explorer).
But have you noticed the Scope section of the Search dialog? If you
select a node in Package Explorer or Navigator and then hit the Search
toolbar button, the Search dialog has a Scope selected as "Selected
Resources" which limits it to the node that was selected.
> JDT's search within Eclipse's Package Explorer should work the same way
> as Window's Explorer. This is what people are used to and it is
> intuitive. Otherwise the GUI feels like a Linux application.
THAT I can't agree with - windoze explorer search is NOT the model to
follow IMO.
HTH,
Eric
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