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Originally posted by simmotech
Unhiding and remaining visible is one thing but why give it focus?
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The two ways to unhide a pane are to focus it or move the mouse over it. We thought it would be better to focus than move the mouse pointer.
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If I press Ctrl-Shift-F to start a search, I would like to be able to start typing search text straight away. I can't do that if the Search Results pane happens to be auto-hidden but can if it isnt.
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If you uncheck 'Tools | Options | Search/Reminders | Automatically start saved search when search item selected' and set 'Incremental search delay' to 0, you can.
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Looking more closely, if the Search Results pane is closed then the behaviour is to open and pin it. This may be a better solution than changing the focus to it to unhide it as the behaviour would be more consistent - ie focus always where expected.
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We'll consider that as an option. IIRC, it used to work that way but somebody didn't like the pane being un-auto-hidden. Another option may be to close the pane instead of auto-hiding it, then show it when needed.