[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 16602] Easy access to search from the toolbar

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16602

--- Comment #7 from alexxcons <alexxcons at xfce.org> ---
(In reply to Jay Philips from comment #6)
> How I see it, we have a few options.
> 
> 1. If we have a search field and button, then pressing the button will open
> catfish and search
> 
> 2. If we have just a button
> 
> 2a. Pressing the button opens up catfish.
> 
> 2b. Pressing the button opens up a simple dialog with a search field and
> when pressing the okay button or enter key, will then open up catfish in
> search mode and show the results.
For the first implementation I would go for 2a, since it would be a good first
step.
I dont like 2b. This extra dialog IMO does not add any additional-value.

For later: (That should be an additional patch)
2c.  Pressing the button turn the pathbar into a search-filed entry. When
pressing the okay button or enter key, will then open up catfish in search mode
and show the results. (See Nautilus and Caja)

> For grep/find, if it was 2a, then the terminal opens and fills in the basic
> command and the user types in the remainder and presses enter. If its was
> 2b, then the terminal is launched with executing the full search query and
> show the results in the terminal
I disagree with this solution. When using thunar, I dont want to mess in the
terminal. 
> which is no different than what it would do in catfish.
It makes a big difference .. usually when I search something, I want to open it
afterwards. Via terminal that might be not that easy and includes typing. Via
catfish, just activate one of the results.

If you are going for that feature, I would advice to keep the first
implementation simple (KISS) ... we can add all bells and whistles later on :)

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