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How to clear search text

Asked by Matt Wynne

Hi,

I'm coming over from Quicksliver, which has a subtle feature that I really miss. If I miss-type my search text, then pause for... maybe a second... the next thing I type will start over and replace the previous search string. I've found that I'm really used to using this - rather than backup up with the backspace key, I just pause then start again.

Trouble is, this doesn't work with Do... not out of the box, anyway, as far as I can tell. Any plans to implement such a feature? Or is there a way to activate it that I can't see?

cheers,
Matt

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Best Elliot Murphy (statik) said : 		#1

Personally I find that feature of quicksilver frustrating, but I can see how it's just preference. Gnome-do doesn't do this, but I think you can press Esc to clear everything you've typed.

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Matt Wynne (matt-mattwynne) said : 		#2

Thanks Elliot Murphy, that solved my question.

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David Siegel (djsiegel-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

We've received a handful of requests for this feature (4 out of 100,000+ users), and I've used it in Quicksilver, but we still haven't decided if it's actually a good feature. We're keeping it in mind, though.

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Kyle Andrews (kyle-c-andrews) said : 		#4

Is there a way to delete the line if you want? I tried ^[backspace] and ^a^k. Neither worked. Thanks!

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Kyle Andrews (kyle-c-andrews) said : 		#5

oops. I see that pressing [ESC] works. That didn't click until just now. Nevermind.

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Ben George (bgeorge77) said : 		#6

I would like to bump this as a feature/preference request.