Bug 97768

Summary:

Web Inspector: Open resource dialog should assume implicit wildcard in the beginning of the query.

Product:

WebKit

Reporter:

Vsevolod Vlasov <vsevik>

Component:

Web Inspector (Deprecated)

Assignee:

Vsevolod Vlasov <vsevik>

Status:

RESOLVED FIXED

Severity:

Normal

CC:

apavlov, bweinstein, eustas.bug, joepeck, johnjbarton, keishi, loislo, pfeldman, pmuellr, rik, timothy, webkit.review.bot, yurys

Priority:

Version:

528+ (Nightly build)

Hardware:

All

OS:

All

Attachments:

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Vsevolod Vlasov

Reported 2012-09-27 03:16:30 PDT

Patch to follow

Attachments
Patch (5.31 KB, patch) 2012-09-27 03:25 PDT, Vsevolod Vlasov	no flags	Details Formatted Diff Diff
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Vsevolod Vlasov

Comment 1 2012-09-27 03:25:39 PDT

Created attachment 165966 [details] Patch

Build Bot

Comment 2 2012-09-27 04:14:04 PDT

Comment on attachment 165966 [details] Patch Attachment 165966 [details] did not pass mac-ews (mac): Output: http://queues.webkit.org/results/14035778 New failing tests: http/tests/workers/terminate-during-sync-operation.html

Vsevolod Vlasov

Comment 3 2012-09-27 04:39:46 PDT

Committed r129753: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/129753>

johnjbarton

Comment 4 2012-09-27 08:56:24 PDT

Yes! Implicit wildcards are a great step in the right direction. With implicit wildcards on the ends, we need only take the next small step and add them between letters. Then we can support queries like "QPanel" when the user has Querypoint.js QuerypointPanel.js Panel.js ScriptPanel.js QuerypointModel.js and so on. Once the user types "Q" the list dramatically and quickly shortens to all things Q, in this case almost exclusively Querypoint*. Rather than tediously typing out "uerypointPa" the user need only add "P" or "Pa" and "enter" to open the file they desire. In general the query and the item list become an interactive selector rather than a static drop down with a static rigid command line. In the place of user total recall and typing we support partial recall and just-enough-typing. The query no longer specifies a selection on a long list, but rather it is a hierarchical, divide and conquer selector where each character divides the list into accept and reject piles. The difference in user performance matches the difference between linear list search algorithms and hierarchical search algorithms.

Vsevolod Vlasov

Comment 5 2012-09-27 09:37:07 PDT

We already support camel case matching, so in your example typing QP should be enough. Do I miss something?

johnjbarton

Comment 6 2012-09-27 09:49:49 PDT

(In reply to comment #5) > We already support camel case matching, so in your example typing QP should be enough. Do I miss something? Sorry my mistake: I meant 'qp' From the list: Querypoint.js QuerypointPanel.js Panel.js ScriptPanel.js QuerypointModel.js The query "qp" gives 0 entries in the current implementation. Why should "QP" be interpreted as "*Q*P*" but "qp" as "*qp*"? What should I expect for "qP" and "Qp"?

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