Pcmanfm Search Tool does not clear fields after closing
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| pcmanfm (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Pcmanfm Search Tool does not clear fields after closing. For example, if you search for a word (yyy) within a file, after the search, your search term stays there forever. If you search for a file name (xz) 3 months later and do not think of clearing the content field, you find nothing because your search if for "xz (in filename field) AND yyy (in content field).
Also if I am correct, the filename search does not assume *filename*, you have to add the * for a partial search. The content search is the opposite. It is confusing: if you search for a word or part of one (e.g. contenti), it will search for *contenti* even if you do not put the * in.
All searches should assume * (i.e. people should not have to write them in) as some people are not familiar with the *.
The Search feature is very powerful and useful. Hope you fix it.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: pcmanfm 1.2.4-1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Config_
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Tue Aug 2 13:02:24 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-01 (61 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
SourcePackage: pcmanfm
Udisks_dump: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'udisks'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| Pierre (pierrewinnipeg) wrote | #1 |
| LStranger (andrej-rep) wrote | #2 |
| Pierre (pierrewinnipeg) wrote | #3 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in pcmanfm (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
The requirement for * is obvious - if you want to find files that begin from 'a' and asterisks will be added implicitly then you will get a lot of unwanted files in search even if you type a* - it will search for *a* in that case. Although it might be viable to add asterisks only in case if there is no wildcards in search but if that is the case then you again aren't able to do exact search for some file, it will show all similar named files. So in short, it might be possible to make mentioned behavior, but only as an optional feature, and probably it should be noted in the search window.
As for field for search - that behavior was requested, and that's how many other file managers which have a search feature usually behave. So again, clearing the form might be added as a feature option.