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0010322ardourfeaturespublic2026-05-11 00:06
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PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status newResolutionopen 
Product Version9.2 
Summary0010322: Keyboard Shortcuts Dialog - Update search field
DescriptionI am sure this is going to be worth the time but
This goes with my overall theme of suggesting to make certain specific floating windows within Ardour follow common functionality / behavior as most other applications do.

This is a response to the following post
0010311

Suggesting the following updates which common search/filter fields use....

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-Use left justified text when English language is used for application because text is read from left to right.
Even if language is not a factor, I have never seen an application use right justify for any fields.

-Magnifying glass icon
Often used/shown on left side of the field, giving user the indication that it is a search field. Typically the text in the field is not right up against the icon because that would be confusing, there should be a couple characters of space in between the icon / text.
(This icon should remain visible all the time, currently it disappears when focus is applied to field which is confusing)
(Also magnifying icons are typically not used as a clear field button, which also does not make sense which I will mention below)

-Field also often contains the "Search..." text within the field as another indicator that it is a search field. (Which Ardour currently does)

-When text is typed into a search field, an "x" icons is often placed at the right side, that when clicked on clears the text from the field.
Currently magnifying glass is programmed to achieve this but it is not expected common behavior. The magnifying glass is also not visible when the field has focus, so cannot clear the field unless you click outside of the pane to then reveal the icon.
Again this is not common behavior.

Hope this was worth the time/effort to create this post.
Thank You

If this is not agreed with, again please regress the fields text back to being "Centered" as it was before all of this occurred.
Additional InformationI have other `Keyboard Shortcuts Dialog` posts such as this one that may have some similar information
https://tracker.ardour.org/view.php?id=10094

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Suggesting that these updates not only are used in this `Keyboard Shortcuts Dialog` search field but any others within Ardour. For example if this gets added
https://tracker.ardour.org/view.php?id=10321
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