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When typing in rake tasks in the "Run/Debug Rake Task" Dialog it would be great to be able to "skip ahead" when there are a lot of options with the same "middle" section, but different final names. So if I start typing "db:m" in the dialog now I get db:migrate db:migrate:redo db:migrate:reset It would be nice to be able to type "db:m*r" and get db:migrate:redo db:migrate:reset basically allows you to skip ahead.
Does it really worth it? I mean this is surely implementable valid RFE, not hard to do, but from the user point of view, is not easier to type just 'db:m', then few 'down-arrow' keys and 'enter'. This seems to me quicker then typing unless there is *exact* match of the wanted target. Moreover lastly selected target is 'remembered'.
PS: you might use <Up>, <Down>, <PageUp>, <PageDown> when you are in the Filter field.
I think it depends on how many tasks there are that start with the same characters -- if you've got a lot of such tasks then I think wild card support would help. It is the same as in the Go To Type dialog, you can use arrows and pgup pgdown there too, but still from time to time it is more convenient to be able to use wild cards.
I find navigation to be contextual switch in my mind to the task at hand. Typing blah*blah<enter> is less disruptive to my thought process than Typing blah:blah <locate in list with eyes><arrow down><arrow down><arrow down><enter> I'll revisit the idea in a month and see if I'm still "frustrated" about not having a wild card.
> I'll revisit the idea in a month and see if I'm still "frustrated" about not having a wild card. Up to you. But if you want you might start to use wildcards immediately ;) Implemented: 0e538e337303
Thankyou :-)