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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
When lots of activities are installed, the "what" combo box on the Journal toolbar becomes unwieldy. This feature would replace the combo box with a palette.
When lots of activities are installed, the "what" combo box on the Journal toolbar becomes unwieldy. This feature would replace the combo box with a palette.
[[FIle:Journal-filters.png|800px]]


[[File:Journal-what-palette.png|800px]]
[[File:Journal-what-palette.png|800px]]
[[File:Journal-what-palette-manuq.png|800px]]


== Owner ==
== Owner ==
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* Targeted release: 1.02
* Targeted release: 1.02
* Last updated: 2014-02-17
* Last updated: 2014-02-17
* Percentage of completion: 95% (patch written, awaiting further design review)
* Percentage of completion: 100%  
 
See https://github.com/walterbender/sugar/tree/replace-combo-boxes


== Detailed Description ==
== Detailed Description ==
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== Scope ==
== Scope ==
The intervention is limited to journaltoolbar.py.
The intervention is limited to:
* sugar/src/jarabe/journal/journaltoolbar.py
* sugar-artwork/icons/scalable/actions/view-type.svg, a new icon for the what filter, and
* gtk-toolbar-style = GTK_TOOLBAR_BOTH_HORIZ in gtk3/theme/settings


== How To Test ==
== How To Test ==
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== User Experience ==
== User Experience ==
The user will see a palette displayed instead of a combo box.
The user will see a palette displayed instead of a combo box. In the example illustrated, it means that rather searching through an un-alphabetized list in a combo box 10x the screen height, the user scans 2.5 screens of items in alphabetical order.


== Dependencies ==
== Dependencies ==