Search Bar

[Felipe Contreras]

On Dec 12, 2007 6:32 PM, Santiago <san650 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 2007/12/10, André Lemos <tux at tuxslare.org>:
> > Antonio Mathias Rüdiger Verona wrote:
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > I'm newcomer on this list. I don't know if anyone did the suggestion
> > > bellow before, I didn't find it anywhere.
> > >
> > > At my job I need to use the Microsoft Communicator, its "enterprise"
> > > version of MSN. It have a good thing: a contact search bar on top of
> > > contact list. Just typing a few characters, it give all contacts with
> > > these chars. Its very useful when you have a lot of people on your
> > > list.
> > >
> > > What you think about implement this mechanism on Pidgin too?
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > Mathias
> > >
> > > PS: A image of Communicator:
> > > http://newweb.cistera.com/nucleus/media/2/20060624-58027_335x620_Communicator_.gif
> > >
> >
> > In pidgin just start typing with your contact list in focus. It is very
> > far from intuitive, but it does what you need.
>
> this is not the same feature.
>
> In Microsoft Communicator the search field, filters the list with the
> given pattern. In gtktreeview when you type, the focus goes to the
> first item that start with the string you enter and theres a way to go
> to the next match.

word

> Its very useful to filter the list with a given pattern when you have
> a lot of people on your list.

+1

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Felipe Contreras