In bfb dash, file results should come below application results

[Bilal Akhtar]

The bfb dash lists search results in such a way that results from the Files place come at the top and those from the Applications place come below it. This approach has two disadvantages:

1) The files results take some time to come up. But the applications results load quicker. So the application icons get rendered first. If I click one application icon before the files icons get rendered, and the files icons get rendered milliseconds before the click at the same place (pushing the application results below it), I end up clicking a file instead. This happens to me daily.

2) I am not sure about the case of other users, but atleast in my case I use the dash mainly to launch applications rather than files. So the Application results should be near the search box, hence facilitating keyboard navigation and mouse movements.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

I just tried this but in my case applications are shown in the first section
and files in the second.

[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

Is there some user configuration value about this? The attached is my screenshot, while it appears the case is opposite with Omer.

[Eric Appleman (erappleman)]

There's also a workflow improvement to be had by fixing this bug.

super -> type app name -> tab -> enter -> desired app opens

[Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)]

I think we need to review this behaviour carefully in Oneiric.

If you have a perfect match app, then yes, I agree. If you have a
partial match app, but a great match file, then I don't. I think the
user will expect a "give me what I want" story, not a "Files before
Apps" or the other way around story.

Mark

[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

Hi Neil,

If you haven't begun work on this one, can I step up and fix this one? Thanks!