Sven mentioned this:
"Press Ctrl-F (or Ctrl-S, it depends on your GTK+ keybindings) in the
list view to open the search field, then enter the first letter(s).
"
on the GIMP-User mailing list. I replied 'We need to make this plain
in the GIMP documentation!"
And went on to write this:
* Use Up and Down arrows to move through the different results. This
works just the same as standard 'type a prefix' (without the need for
CTRL+F) searching. Press Enter to select a result.
* in conjunction with distinctive naming conventions, this can
entirely eliminate time spent trying to visually point at the resource
you want. For example, renaming the standard 'Circle (03)' type
brushes to the form 'c03' means that you can select them very quickly
using this mechanism.
(as it is, typing CTRL+F ci gives you all the 'Circle' brushes and all
the 'Circle Fuzzy' brushes as options)
* You can search both in the popup dialogs (eg from tool options when
you click the brush icon)
and in the dockables ('Gradients', 'Patterns', 'Brushes','Fonts')
but ONLY when they are set to list view. The popups have an icon at
the center which will
choose list view; for the dockables, the option appears in the menu
popped up when you click that box with a triangle inside near the top
of the dockable.
* The actual list must be focused (not the tag field above it or below
it, for 2.6.x+ users :)
* You can also search in TreeViews, such as these dockables:
Layers, Images, Paths, Document History, Channels, Undo History
* The search finds prefixes, not substrings -- that is, if you have
items named 'flower' and 'lowered',
typing 'low' will immediately select 'lowered' without ever
considering 'flower'
* This is a feature of GTK+, not GIMP. However GIMP is one of the few
programs where the standard mechanism of 'simply type something in,
anytime, to search' is not feasible.
* GIMP requires the CTRL+F beforehand because many alphabetical keys
have a keybinding, thus the standard 'type a prefix' operation would
simply trigger a lot of random tool switching rather than providing
input for the searching.
Things I haven't done yet:
* Screenshots
* Integrate into gimp-docs and make a git (commit? patchset? whatever
it is called.) for it.
Is there anything that needs further clarification? I'd appreciate comments.
In particular, is there a nice place to fit this in the docs?
David
