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Re: search with keyboard

 

Did you guys try https://github.com/e3rd/zim-plugin-instantsearch/ ?

Gergely K. <pihentagy@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb am Mo., 20. Nov. 2017 um 15:46 Uhr:

> Yes, mee too recently came across some "new" ways to take notes (cotoa.me,
> zettelkasten), where you produce a lot of small notes and then weave them
> to a network. So navigating between notes easily is crucial.
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> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 3:09 PM, Stephen LARROQUE <lrq3000@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Agree, the search could be enhanced, because it is so clunky I seldom use
>> it in Zim, whereas I use it all the time in every other applications!
>>
>> I would add also that Enter should bring to the next matching item, as it
>> is custom for almost all applications, instead of writing the newline
>> character (and thus erasing the matched string)!
>>
>> Le ven. 17 nov. 2017 à 13:18, Charles Nepote <charles@xxxxxxxxxx> a
>> écrit :
>>
>>> Le 17/11/2017 à 13:04, Gergely K. wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all!
>>>
>>> I have a minor expectation mismatch with the search dialog. Note, that
>>> recently I use IntelliJ idea a lot :)
>>>
>>> So, when the Search dialog appears, I'd expect Zim to refresh the page
>>> list as I type.
>>> I also expect Zim to navigate to the previous-next match whenever I
>>> press Up and Down keys.
>>>
>>> So instead of:
>>> * Ctrl + Shift + F – brings up dialog
>>> * typing search term – nothing happens
>>> * Press Enter – List appeared
>>> * Press Down Down – Page list is in focus
>>> * Press Space – first page match is displayed
>>> * Press Down, and then Space – second page match is displayed
>>>
>>> I'd imagin it like:
>>> * Ctrl + Shift + F – brings up dialog
>>> * typing search term –Search listconstantly updated
>>>
>>> The search list should be updated after the second or third character. I
>>> guess updating at first one would take time and bring back to many results.
>>> Except this detail, I agree with all the suggestions.
>>>
>>> Charles.
>>>
>>>
>>> * Press Enter – Jumped to first match (or even without pressing Enter)
>>> * Press Down – second page match is displayed
>>>
>>> On top of it, I can also imagine the search dialog like tags: as a side
>>> panel.
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> Gergo
>>>
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