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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: patch: kfind #39655
From:       Daniel Naber <daniel.naber () t-online ! de>
Date:       2002-03-30 15:08:03
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On Saturday 30 March 2002 15:32, Thomas Zander wrote:

> That is wrong since the original string is a '*', so if the users
> removed that he certainly did not mean to find everything.

"*" works together with the other options, i.e. it will only find 
everything if there's no other option set (logical 'and'). So if someone 
removes the name completely, what does he want? Of course it means that 
the name is not relevant to him, which is the same as "*".

> The correct patch would just disable the 'Find' button when no string is
> entered.

I don't like this "disable buttons" approach. There are three tabs and 
many, many options. How should the user know which option he has to set so 
the button is enabled again? Disabling buttons decreases usability except 
for trivial cases (e.g. one line edit + "OK" button).

Regards
 Daniel

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