[squeak-dev] Dock searchbar and message names

Tobias Pape Das.Linux at gmx.de
Sat Aug 7 05:14:54 UTC 2021



> On 7. Aug 2021, at 01:17, tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org> wrote:
> 
> The little search bar in the Dock is a delightful tool that saves so much time it's ridiculous. 
> 
> *Except* for the way that typing in a phrase that happens to exactly match a known message results in a browser on *only* that exact message. That annoys me pretty much every time because almost every time I was actually wanting the MessageList with the matches for the phrase.
> 
> There is a trivial solution to this, requiring us simply to delete the mid-method clause starting with 
> `Symbol hasInterned: input ifTrue: `
> Yes, I suppose we could add YetAnotherPreference but we already have about ten times more than is sensible. Alternatively perhaps making it shift-key dependent - one way includes the full match aspcet, the other avoids it - might suit people better.
> 
> What do you think?

Just add a * at the end of the phrase?
Just my 2ct…

Best regards
	-Tobias
> 
> 
> tim





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