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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/15/2015 12:34 PM, Martin d'Allens wrote:
> Sorry about the braces, here is a correct version.
> 
> I don't think this is platform specific, but it might. Or it could
> depend on wxWidgets's version.
> The behaviour I am addressing is not related to selecting an item in the
> list.
> When you open the "Search" dialog, SetSelection( 0 ) fills the combobox
> with the last item from the list. I want this item to be highlighted
> ("text selection") at that point. This is what SelectAll() does.
> 
> On the two Ubuntu machines where I tested the product branch (14.04 and
> 15.04, PPA and self compiled) this text highlighting is not done. The
> text cursor is placed at position 0, nothing is selected.

Then there is a difference between windows and linux assuming that
ubuntu is using wxWidgets 3.0.2.  If not, then it could be a difference
between wxWidgets versions.  It's nice to know why I need to patch
something that works on one platform and not another.  This can be
useful for other developers trying to solve similar problems.  I'll
commit the patch.

> 
> As far I could test, the correct behaviour is exhibited by Window's and
> Ubuntu's stable KiCad (circa 2013).
> I could not find when the regression happened by looking at the code,
> that is why I have a slight suspicion that wxWidgets changed its behaviour.
> 
> Note that once the window is open, there is no problem when choosing
> another item in the list. All text is highlighted in this case.
> 
> 2015-06-15 15:23 GMT+02:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>>:
> 
>     Your patch doesn't seem to make any difference on windows builds.  With
>     or without your patch, the first item in the list is selected.  Does
>     this fix a platform specific problem in your case.
> 
>     Also, please read the KiCad coding policy and fix your code formatting.
> 
>     http://ci.kicad-pcb.org/job/kicad-doxygen/ws/Documentation/doxygen/html/md_Documentation_development_coding-style-policy.html
> 
>     On 6/14/2015 10:06 AM, Martin d'Allens wrote:
>     > Hi all,
>     >
>     > Here is a small patch to select the textbox when the Find dialog is
>     > opened. This is more consistent with most text editors as far as I can
>     > tell, and allows typing the needle right after Ctrl+F.
>     > It used to bother me and I figured it would be an easy introduction to
>     > contributing :)
>     >
>     > Martin
>     >
>     > PS: The following page
>     http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/DEV/Getting+Started
>     > reads "git bzr clone lp:inkscape inkscape" where "inkscape should
>     > obviously be "kicad"
>     >
>     >
>     >
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