[PATCH] extend KTreeWidgetSearchLine with flash possibility

[jos poortvliet]

Op Friday 06 April 2007, schreef David Faure:
> On Friday 06 April 2007, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> >  I find some blinking to be quite useful.  For example,
> > blinking a window or taskbar element that requested focus but hasn't
> > received it.
>
> Exactly, flashing something is ok when it requires attention (it even
> strongly suggests an action to the user: click me).
>
> Whereas a filter that is still active doesn't require immediate action, it
> only needs to make it clear enough that it's still active.

Paulo Moura Guedes' suggestion was/is beautiful, imho, and the way to go here:

> What I did in KLinkStatus was to setBackgroundRole to QPalette::Highlight
> if there is text inserted. This is permanent, as long as there is any text.
> It has the advantage of keeping the user reminded.
>
> http://85.139.163.83/tmp/search_highlighted.png
>
> Paulo


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