Bug 169604 - Add search button to search bar in sidebar
Summary: Add search button to search bar in sidebar
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.8.0.3 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Sidebar-Find
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Reported: 2025-11-22 00:19 UTC by Danat
Modified: 2025-12-02 09:19 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Sidebar search idea (33.66 KB, image/png)
2025-11-22 00:19 UTC, Danat
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Description Danat 2025-11-22 00:19:11 UTC
Description:
You have to press "enter", I wish there was a button too

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Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

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Comment 1 Danat 2025-11-22 00:19:47 UTC
Created attachment 204187 [details]
Sidebar search idea
Comment 2 V Stuart Foote 2025-11-22 12:52:07 UTC
As implemented the Find bar in the SB Find deck has no memory (it opens with edit cursor in the search field)  so simple launch from the field edit cursor <Enter> seems appropriate. And requiring a clickable button to perform the search seems a wasted mouse movement--and a11y adverse.

So default should remain simple <Enter> to launch.

That said, the Deck / Content panel default width could be set a bit wider to accommodate a button if users would find that functional.

Just doesn't seem required.
Comment 3 Danat 2025-11-22 14:55:09 UTC
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #2)
> As implemented the Find bar in the SB Find deck has no memory (it opens with
> edit cursor in the search field)  so simple launch from the field edit
> cursor <Enter> seems appropriate. And requiring a clickable button to
> perform the search seems a wasted mouse movement--and a11y adverse.
> 
> So default should remain simple <Enter> to launch.
> 
> That said, the Deck / Content panel default width could be set a bit wider
> to accommodate a button if users would find that functional.
> 
> Just doesn't seem required.

Sometimes I paste words to search them and I am a bit discomforted by not being able to use mouse to search. It's not a tragedy though, it's quite trivial
Comment 4 Heiko Tietze 2025-12-02 09:19:23 UTC
You paste per mouse, leaned back and away from the keyboard? To press return is very simple. => WF because of KISS (another button after Show Options and Launch F&R Dialog makes this simple UI even more complicated)