Re: [tracecompass-dev] Search capabilities in Time Graph views

[Matthew Khouzam <matthew.khouzam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I really like the first option, it may be bias from the fact that I
develop code in Eclipse. Maybe we can get the input of some people that
might use Trace Compass but steer clear of Eclipse.

On 16-03-16 01:47 PM, Bernd Hufmann wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have done an investigation on how to support searching in the Time
> Graph views (e.g. the Control Flow view or Resources view). Right now,
> there are no means available for that. Only filtering is possible.
>
> I think it would be useful to allow the user to find certain entries
> in these views. In case of the Control Flow view, users would be able
> to search for a process name, thread ID etc.
>
> I suggest to add a command to open a search dialog. This command can
> be provided as view menu item, button and short-cut. The button in the
> toolbar could be omitted because the toolbar seems to get crowded. For
> the key short-cut, I would propose CTRL+F, which is the standard
> Eclipse short-cut for find.
>
> For the dialog I have looked at 2 alternatives:
>
> Alternative 1) will open a dialog similar to the standard Eclipse
> Find/Replace dialog. It will have a text field that where the user can
> enter the search string. This can be realized by a combo box to be
> able save several previous searches. The options to search forward,
> backwards as well as options to search whole words, case-sensitive and
> regular expressions can be provided. The latter three will be enabled
> by checkboxes. In case of a tree with columns (Time Graph Combo, e.g.
> Control Flow view), the search operation will search through all the
> columns for each row in the view. (see
> https://wiki.eclipse.org/images/6/6b/TraceCompass_FindDialog_Standard.png).
> With this alternative is should be also straight forward to add
> support for find next/previous using a short-cut (e.g. CTRL+K).
>
> Alternative 2) will be a similar to the filter dialog that is
> currently available. The dialog will have a text box for entering the
> search string. Also it will show the Time Graph entries as a tree.
> When entering a string the tree will filter out non matching items.
> This will help users to narrow down the exact item that user is
> searching for. (See
> https://wiki.eclipse.org/images/2/2a/TraceCompass_FindDialog_Filter.png).
>
> I personally tend to alternative 1) since it seems more natural for a
> find feature.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Cheers
> Bernd