Bug 103301

Summary: Filter textbox should auto-focus when opening cross-reference dialog
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Philipp Kewisch [:Fallen] <philipp>
Component: UIAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: VERIFIED FIXED    
Severity: enhancement CC: 79045_79045, ilmari.lauhakangas
Priority: medium    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
See Also: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57174
Whiteboard: target:6.3.0
Crash report or crash signature: Regression By:
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 114039    

Description Philipp Kewisch [:Fallen] 2016-10-17 18:45:54 UTC 
When opening the cross-reference dialog on a large document, it is a pain to find the exact one via scrolling. The "Filter Selection" textbox helps a lot.

It would be great if you could make that textbox auto-focus when the cross-references dialog is opened. This way, I can assign a keyboard shortcut to opening the dialog, then directly type the text.

Bonus points for making arrow up and arrow down automatically switch focus from the textbox to the selection list.

Implementing all of this reduces the number of extra keys pressed and would make inserting references a breeze.

This is somewhat related to bug 57174, but given no selecting needs to be done it may be separate.
Comment 1 Buovjaga 2016-11-01 19:16:20 UTC 
Sounds useful -> NEW.
Comment 2 Commit Notification 2019-03-17 21:02:18 UTC 
Roman Kuznetsov committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/a7cd6e6b6cfac65e4d28e5ad587e764b65eeefeb%5E%21

tdf#103301 Set focus to the filter textbox

It will be available in 6.3.0.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds

Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Comment 3 Roman Kuznetsov 2019-03-18 20:45:29 UTC 
verified in

Version: 6.3.0.0.alpha0+ (x64)
Build ID: de024e572dd7a588f82b84c68daa2051ec6b20e9
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: GL; VCL: win; 
TinderBox: Win-x86_64@42, Branch:master, Time: 2019-03-18_01:13:57
Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded