[Lazarus] Options dialog filter

[Martin]

On 03/03/2012 22:32, Juha Manninen wrote:
> 2012/3/3 Martin <lazarus at mfriebe.de <mailto:lazarus at mfriebe.de>>
>
>     1) It keeps the current frame visible, even if it does not match.
>     That means a frame, that is not in the Tree is visible
>
>
> I improved it. There is still a bug in TreeView. A Node's selection is 
> removed when it is hidden (Visible:=False) but it does not work. 
> TreeView.Selected still returns the old selection. Must be debugged at 
> some time.
> Anyway it is pretty OK now.
>
> I also fixed the splitter issue mentioned earlier.

Thanks.

>
>     2) It would be good to also search list/tree in the frames, like
>     - the names of colors on "env" > "Form Editor"
>     - the names of colors on Editor>Colors
>     - keymapping
>     - editor/codefolding
>     - debugger general, property grid (same on "help")
>     - dbg, exception list
>
>     2b)
>     - dropdowns/checkboxes are searched, but not highlighted
>     - same for group-boxes / toolbar buttons
>
>
> There was a simple search in Caption strings.
> Now I gave special treatment to ListBoxes, although their items are 
> not colored yet.
> TreeViews and Grids are tricky, they need much work.
> In fact the FilterEdit is filtering a TreeView but now we find other 
> TreeViews under the component hierarchy.
> SynEdit can't be used in IdeOptionsIntf at all because the dependency 
> is to wrong direction. It should be refactored somewhere else.

Why do we need SynEdit?

>
> CheckBoxes and GroupBoxes are highlighted at least on Linux + GTK2. 
> Maybe a widgetset issue.
>
>
>
>     3) does not search text in radio buttons (e.ge <http://e.ge>
>     Editor/ mouse)
>
>
> It does here.
seems you are right, I must have done something wrong then.

>
>
>     4)
>     Hints are not searched
>
>
> That would be confusing wouldn't it?

Why?

>
> Could you please look at
>  TAbstractIDEOptionsEditor.ContainsTextInCaption
> You may know how to search and highlight some of the controls.

Will do later.

>
> About the optimization, I don't think it is worth the extra 
> complication. Iterating the controls is pretty fast.
> Maybe later when there is nothing else to do...
>
> Juha
>
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