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[Bug 395812] New: Slab: Search field does nothing
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  • Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 06:48:05 -0600 (MDT)
  • Message-id: <bug-395812-21960@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/>
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=395812


Summary: Slab: Search field does nothing
Product: openSUSE 11.0
Version: RC 1
Platform: Other
OS/Version: Other
Status: NEW
Severity: Normal
Priority: P5 - None
Component: GNOME
AssignedTo: bnc-team-gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ReportedBy: probono@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
QAContact: qa@xxxxxxx
CC: sreeves@xxxxxxxxxx, danw@xxxxxxxxxx, jimmyk@xxxxxxxxxx
Found By: Beta-Customer


The search field in Slab does nothing, at least it is not apparent to me what
it does..

Knowing Mac OS X, Windows and KDE4, I would expect that the search field has a
Spotlight-like functionality. However, I cannot get it to launch an
application:

When I click on "Computer" and then enter "gnome-screenshot" into the box at
the top of the menu and press enter, I would expect either
a) I can watch the list of "matching" applications and documents as I type
(preferred; like Spotlight); or
b) gnome-screenshot launches when I press enter; or
c) The computer is searched for files that have gnome-screenshot in their name
and/or content; or
d) an error box telling that the "Search" has found nothing

But nothing of that sort happens.

Instead:
Nothing at all.

Looks like the user input went straight to /dev/null.

(That being said, I think that Slab in its current form is pretty unergonomic
for people who use their computer for more than 4 or 5 applications. Every
other application menu has at least *all* the applications in it. How am I
supposed to launch any application besides the somewhat randomly picked ones
that are placed prominently in the menu? Having to launch an extra window that
looks like a control panel just in order to launch an application is not needed
in any other OS that I'd know of.)


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