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More flexible live search
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:39 am
by hareiko
Is it possible to make the search field in the list view more flexible by:
1. Adding the possibility of on "and" / "or" search strings
2. Adding an exclusion option ( "smith" but not "miller")
3. Allow search for multiple adjacent word strings
Regards
Hans-Reinhard
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 10:13 am
by Jon
The live search is always an AND search (the space or punctuation serves as the AND). It's always possible to make the live search more complex, but the Find is for that, and provides a clearer interface.
Jon
Sonny Software
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:57 am
by hareiko
Jon, I agee: its all there in the find dialog. But that's another window and therefore far far away (why I actually almost never use it). Don't you think some of that flexibility could be available in the list view? Maybe I am asking too much!
Regards
HR
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:36 pm
by Jon
Hi,
Well, it's a Command-F away. As I said, it's easy to make the live search more complicated. But it's not really intended for complex searches (Find and SQL Search, and the corresponding smart searches, are for that). Everyone is quite familiar with the live search paradigm -- I'm not sure piling in options like "Smith | Jones" to do an or serach is an improvement.
Jon
Sonny Software