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Bug 113161 - NB should allow searching for a menu command
Summary: NB should allow searching for a menu command
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Quick Search (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: Andrei Badea
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2007-08-19 17:54 UTC by anksingla
Modified: 2009-09-22 13:14 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description anksingla 2007-08-19 17:54:42 UTC
I hope this is in the right spot and that it hasn't been reported already.

It was mentioned to me that the following feature has been incorporated into eclipse, and I would really like to see
this in NetBeans as well:
You hit ctrl-3 to bring up a box you type into and it's match-as-you-type against all the actions you can do, favoring
those you use often.

This is similar to what quicksilver for MacOS does, except instead of a full system search, it just searches the menu
actions/commands. This same functionality is built into the Vista start search bar, and is provided by Launchy, and
google desktop (all of these area also for the full operating system). It would be nice if typing did a character search
of sorts instead of a string search so if I want to get at "Surround with try/catch", I can type in "swt" and it'll find it.
Comment 1 Marian Mirilovic 2009-09-22 13:14:14 UTC
already implemented in current version of NB 6.8