Bug 72671

Summary:	In the launch screen, allow user to type file name to find and filter files rapidly
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	narayanaras
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	high	CC:	jmadero.dev, kendy
Version:	4.2.0.0.beta1
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description narayanaras 2013-12-13 08:18:25 UTC

LibreOffice shows a list of recent items in its launch screen.

Allow the user to type the name of the file name he wants. 

Like the "typeahead" feature in a mobile, this feature should find the first file with matching string, starting from the top of the list. 

Note: In another suggestion, I have suggested that the list should be sortable. 

In this feature, LibreOffice should search the sorted list in top-down order for a match.

The first matching file should be highlighted (selected). Now the user can simply press "Enter" to launch that file.

If there are multiple matches, the first match should be selected.

Comment 1 narayanaras 2013-12-13 08:22:00 UTC

[changed to "enhancement"]

BTW this "type to find" feature is provided in browsers like FireFox.

FF requires pressing of / key to trigger the search mode.
That is not needed here. Just allow the user to start typing.

Comment 2 Joel Madero 2013-12-22 16:28:54 UTC

Thank you for reporting this enhancement request! I can confirm that this is a valid enhancement request on:
Version: 4.3.0.0.alpha0+Build ID: daa57a101a20e0b37db7090796ad002b8d192b9b
Date:   Sun Dec 15 23:07:57 2013 +0100 
Platform: Ubuntu Linux 13.10 x64
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As I've been able to confirm the enhancement request I am marking as:

New (confirmed)
Enhancement
High - with our increased recent documents usability, this would be pretty cool feature


Kendy - I was told you may be the person to cc on this one, apologies for the noise if you're not :)

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