[kde-guidelines] HIG for search needed (?)

[Heiko Tietze]

On Monday 17 March 2014, 23:05:24 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> I see filter vs. search and instant vs. on enter/button as orthogonal. Okay,
> filtering should usually be fast enough to work as you type, but search as
> you type with an actual search is well possible, too. See Dolphin's search
> feature or KRunner, for example. They both perform actual searches, but
> still works instantly. And from all I've heard, it will work even better
> with baloo. Why would we have users click a button first if we can
> effortlessly search as they type as well?
Is it really consistent if you have an instant search at on time and a 
'classic' later? Even if we apply philiphorger's nice idea with different icons 
[1] it would be something new. But I'm open for all approaches.

> Hm, it seems like we're talking about different thins. I thought the icon in
> "Search input consists of an icon, a line input to enter the search
> pattern, and a button to start the search." was referring to the binoculars
> next to the inout in Kickoff, for example. And I've not seen that
> combination anywhere else. Neither in Dolphin nor in KMail nor anywhere
> else I looked. If you did mean that icon: Where else did you see it? If
> not: Which one did you mean?
You are right, there is no icon. And I don't remember where I spotted them. 
Anyway, I believe it is a good idea to identify 'search bars'. And the best 
way to do so is IMHO an icon.

[1] http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=285&t=120079#p304953