[Qt-creator] Usability Suggestions

[Sebastian Fischer]

on 26.11.2008 at 11:06 you wrote:
>> -  If the integrated help is focused ESC doesn't close it.
> That's by design, the first esc does only give focus back to the editor. The
> output panes at the bottom, that is search results, and problems list act the
> same. The idea behind that is that you might want to look up something with
> F1, and start implementing while still having the help open for reference.

> About the searching in the help, yes we want that to always search whatever
> has focus.

>>
>> Integrated Search:
>> -  After pressing Ctrl-F the search bar pops up nicely placing the
>>    focus in it's 'Find:'-box. It would be nice if hitting ESC while
>>    the focus is somewhere on/in that bar would hide it again.
> While the Find bar is open, the search items are still highlighted. So you can
> easily see all strings that match your search string. (And as above most of
> the other views behave like that.)

Ah yes! That works quite nicely, somehow I never tried pressing ESC
twice. The only downside is that ESC dismisses all of them at the same
time. Also the integrated help 'forgets' it's history. So if I re-open
it I can't go back to where I was before. Wouldn't it be better to
close the search-bar with the first ESC and require another one to
dismiss the help?

Bye,
Sebastian Fischer