Review Request: Make KFilterProxySearchLine look more like KDEs searchlines

Michael Jansen kde at michael-jansen.biz
Fri Sep 18 12:23:44 BST 2009


On Friday 18 September 2009 12:46:37 you wrote:
> At Friday 18 September 2009 11:34, you wrote:
> > On Thursday 17 September 2009 20:22:59 you wrote:
> > > You are right, you cannot remove it.
> > >
> > > I had the impression the widget was already part of a vertical layout
> > > (lineedit + listview)...
> > >
> > > Regarding the "Search..." vs. "Search", we should ask HIG/usability?
> >
> > If a dialog pops up when pressing it then keep the "...".
> >
> > If not remove it. That's the meaning if i'm not completely wrong.
> >
> > Mike
> 
> That's for a menu item, this is a line edit.
> 
> Please drop it, this is wasting time for everyone.
> 
> Toma
> 

From http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Usability/HIG/Ellipsis

An ellipsis is used after menu items and button labels which the user is 
either required or is able to provide input.

And if you think talking about HIG and usability and consistency is just 
wasting time, then i think that explains a lot.

Mike




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