Type Ahead function works slowly
I like the idea of the 'Type Ahead' function when I click in 'character name' box in the script and begin to type, it suggests previously entered names from before.
This feature will be extremely helpful when two small issues are remedied.
1. The function was extremely slow in the first implementation and seems to have got faster but is still a bit slow use. When I click in the box and begin to type, the auto-suggest feature works very quickly but once I cursor down to select the name I'd like to auto-fill and hit enter, there is a minimum 5 second pause and often, it's longer as the OS X pinwheel spins. Very often, I find myself choosing to type out character names (even longer ones such as 'Technical Voiceover' ) because the script will hang after selecting the auto-type name and hitting enter.
2. With the auto-format feature that capitalizes the text for character names ( I assume this is a CSS thing ) I have discovered that I had a tendency to hold down the shift key for a couple letters while typing character names before the 'type ahead' feature was implemented. The script remembers all of the various capitalization versions of the same character name but displays all of them in memory every time with the type ahead feature.
I was previously unaware of my tendency of holding the shift key for capitalization or whether or not I enabled 'Caps Lock' while typing character names. The auto-capitalization of the style sheet hid this habit of mine, but now with 'type ahead' all my mistakes are displayed and make it a bit of a challenge to quickly cursor down to my correct intention of the "all-caps" version.
At any rate, if there was some way to apply the same all-caps style to the 'type ahead' display and code it to only display one version if multiple capitalizations were stored...that would be pretty cool.
In the end, this feature is going to be extremely helpful for everyone that must repeatedly re-type character names...which is pretty much, everyone.
This feature will be extremely helpful when two small issues are remedied.
1. The function was extremely slow in the first implementation and seems to have got faster but is still a bit slow use. When I click in the box and begin to type, the auto-suggest feature works very quickly but once I cursor down to select the name I'd like to auto-fill and hit enter, there is a minimum 5 second pause and often, it's longer as the OS X pinwheel spins. Very often, I find myself choosing to type out character names (even longer ones such as 'Technical Voiceover' ) because the script will hang after selecting the auto-type name and hitting enter.
2. With the auto-format feature that capitalizes the text for character names ( I assume this is a CSS thing ) I have discovered that I had a tendency to hold down the shift key for a couple letters while typing character names before the 'type ahead' feature was implemented. The script remembers all of the various capitalization versions of the same character name but displays all of them in memory every time with the type ahead feature.
I was previously unaware of my tendency of holding the shift key for capitalization or whether or not I enabled 'Caps Lock' while typing character names. The auto-capitalization of the style sheet hid this habit of mine, but now with 'type ahead' all my mistakes are displayed and make it a bit of a challenge to quickly cursor down to my correct intention of the "all-caps" version.
At any rate, if there was some way to apply the same all-caps style to the 'type ahead' display and code it to only display one version if multiple capitalizations were stored...that would be pretty cool.
In the end, this feature is going to be extremely helpful for everyone that must repeatedly re-type character names...which is pretty much, everyone.
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Inappropriate?Brent, we have opened up a case against this problem and are investigating for a fix. Thanks for you patience.
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Inappropriate?Both issues now fixed (one implication of which is that character names all convert to ALL-CAPS)
I’m grateful for users holding us to high standards
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Inappropriate?The fix to the type ahead function is very graceful now...and speedy, thanks guys!
I’m happy about this new feature
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