[Companion] Bookmark search

[Brian Kennelly]

Jesse Savage wrote:

>On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 08:30:22 -0700, "Brian Kennelly"
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>>I am looking at the search function.  Basically, it would follow Shane's 
>>description.  The user would be prompted for a search string (which 
>>could be a regular expression).  Then, the bookmark menu would be 
>>searched for matches on title and link.  The big decision is how to 
>>present the results. 
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>>   1. Open the target URL of the first matching bookmark
>>   2. Open the bookmark menu, with the focus on the first match.
>>   3. Generate a page with all matches  (This is the direction I am
>>   going)
>>   4. Open tabs for all matches
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>Where time allows when I am faced with these sorts of decisions, I try
>and let the user choose. I realize that it's probably overkill to try
>and implement all of these options, but I think this could eventually be
>a user preference that allowed users to pick which one suited them best. 
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I thought of another option, which is to create a popup menu with the 
matching entries....

I think I might make search the right click option for bookmark 
folders.  That way the search could begin at a chosen level.  Any thoughts?




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