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0010094ardourbugspublic2026-05-28 05:28
Reportersound8 Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
PlatformDebian GNUOSLinuxOS Version(any)
Product Version9.0-rc 
Summary0010094: Keyboard Shortcuts Dialog - Clicking on magnifying glass icon behavior
Description-Open `Keyboard Shortcuts` dialog
-Type text into search field
-Click on item in the action pane above the search field to apply focus to this section (so that magnifying glass icon becomes visible again)
-Now click on magnifying glass icon, which is programmed to clear the search field.

This is where question arises, what should happen when icon is clicked on and field is cleared. Probably best to provide an example.
Steps To ReproduceCURRENT BEHAVIOR EXAMPLE
-Click on "Global" tab
-In search field type "virtual keyboard"
-Click on "Virtual Keyboard" item in results
-Then click on the magnifying glass to clear the field

-Focus does not get applied to search field
-Focus remains in action pane but that "virtual keyboard" item now is no longer visible in action pane

EXPECTED BEHAVIOR
-Click on icon
-Search field clears
-Focus is now back in the Search field so user can just start typing a new search
Additional InformationBonus
-Even though focus is now in the Search field, might be nice to have the action pane auto-scroll to show the current selected/highlighted item, in the center (vertically) of the action pane.
Which from the example above would be "Virtual Keyboard" action.

Thank you to anyone who reads this
TagsKeyboard, shortcuts

Activities

GhostsonAcid

2026-05-28 05:28

reporter   ~0030453

"EXPECTED BEHAVIOR
-Click on icon
-Search field clears
-Focus is now back in the Search field so user can just start typing a new search"

Sure, but you're also literally one click away from resetting the focus to the search-bar.

...
"might be nice to have the action pane auto-scroll to show the current selected/highlighted item, in the center (vertically) of the action pane."

Yes, I agree that if something is still selected according to Ardour, then Ardour should auto-scroll to include it in view.
...However, now that I think of it, changing that behavior might prevent a user from selecting something then scrolling to another spot on the list, which would be a terrible user-interface choice.

Again, this is all quite trivial though, no?
-Minor potential tweaks to a dialog that doesn't seem to suffer from any much bigger problems.

Thanks,
-J

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2026-01-01 23:07 sound8 New Issue
2026-01-01 23:07 sound8 Tag Attached: Keyboard
2026-01-01 23:07 sound8 Tag Attached: shortcuts
2026-05-28 05:28 GhostsonAcid Note Added: 0030453