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functionality to search presets #185

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open WinFF
2. Without knowledge of the app, try to locate the 'Xbox' preset

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The relevant preset is located in 'WMV > Xbox 360', something that for the 
uninitiated would be difficult to find. (Personally, I searched in AVI and then 
in MP4, but didn't notice WMV.) 

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.4.3, Xubuntu Precise

Please provide any additional information below.
I would suggest to implement a "dynamic" search input box that upon entering, 
say, "xbox" would isolate 'wmv' in the 'Convert to:' combo (and perhaps other 
entries that contain this keyword). This would allow easy filtering of the list 
given a keyword chosen by the user.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by landroni...@gmail.com on 16 Jan 2013 at 1:02

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Nice idea. Not sure if it will be implemented soon, as it is not trivial how to 
do searching sensibly.

Original comment by poipodec...@hotmail.com on 19 Jan 2013 at 7:39

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
I was thinking of an implementation similar to that in RStudio, a completely 
unrelated GUI. There the user enters some keyword, say 'rcm' for filtering the 
list of available packages, and this keyword is being matched case-insensitive 
against the package names & descriptions. Subsequently only packages that 
contain 'rcm' in the name or the description are being displayed. The process 
is dynamic (see attached shot), and doesn't require popping up a dialogue or 
anything. 

In WinFF it could take the form of the following: 
- an input search box to the right-end in the 'output details' tab
- the user inputs a keyword in the search box which is dynamically matched 
against 'convert to' and 'preset'
- only categories _or_ presets that contain the case-insensitive keyword are 
kept available in the combos
- deleting the keyword restores the combo lists to their defaults. 

What do you think?

Original comment by landroni...@gmail.com on 19 Jan 2013 at 9:20

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