[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1251: tweaking new feature in file selection drop-down of layer manager

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#1251: tweaking new feature in file selection drop-down of layer manager
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 Reporter:  cmbarton     |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  Default      |     Version:  svn-trunk                
 Keywords:               |    Platform:  Unspecified              
      Cpu:  Unspecified  |  
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 I originally thought this was a weird bug but it seems to be a new feature
 that needs to be tweaked somewhat. Apparently, a new filtering function
 has been added to the file selection drop down to make it easier to find
 files in long lists within a mapset. This is a good thing in general. But
 the filter is on all the time with no visual indication that it is active,
 leading a user to think that his/her files have disappeared when editing
 layer properties.

 What happens is this:

 When a layer is added, all files are displayed in the drop down list of
 maps, but typing a few letters of a file name will make the drop down only
 display files that begin with those letters.

 But when editing a layer, the current file name is already in the
 selection box and the drop down only displays that file. All other files
 are invisible.

 For filtering the display list in this way, it would be better to filter
 by letters followed by an asterisk rather than just the letters (abc*
 rather than abc). Then all files would display by default, but a filtered
 list could be seen using a very standard designation.

 Alternatively, typing letters would automatically scroll the list to the
 first file with those letters (e.g., typing "abc" would automatically
 scroll the list to "abcfile").

 I'm setting this ticket to "enhancement", but many users may initially
 think it is a bug.

 Michael

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