Search term highlighted even without having focus

[teertinker]

JabRef version 3.3 on Ubuntu 14.04

Steps to reproduce:

1. Search for something in the database e.g. "Doe"
2. Hit enter
3. Search performs correctly
4. Switch tab to another bib file
5. Switch back to tab with "Doe" entries.

-> "Doe" gets highlighted in the search field, suggesting that it has the focus to enter a new search term, similar to the behavior of web-browsers. However, in contrast to browsers, a keyboard input is not recognized by the search bar.

Expected behavior:

• either the search field should get the focus, so a new search term can be typed immediately
• or: the search term should be highlighted only after the user clicked into the search bar.

[simonharrer]

Hm, cannot reproduce on my machine. The search bar does not get the focus here.

[teertinker]

No, the search bar does not have the focus, but the search term is highlighted as if it had the focus. In the screenshot, "Dodd" in the search bar is highlighted, similar to the browser address-bar, after a left-click. From my perspective the jabref behavior is irritating, because i see the highlighted "Dodd" and I am inclined to type my new search term immediately, but jabref has the focus somewhere else.

May be this is intended and I have to get used to it. But I think many search bars work differently: a highlighted search term means: the search bar has the focus and you can enter a new search term
for example the search bar in:
http://www.dict.cc/?s=dodd

[simonharrer]

Maybe this is an OS issue? On windows, I cannot reproduce.

When switching back, the search term should not be focused/selected.

[matthiasgeiger]

It is not marked/highlighted on my windows machine. Even when I mark it and switch the tabs the marking disappears...

[teertinker]

Indeed, on my windows machine, it doesn't happen.

As a matter of fact, after switching the tab, my search term is always selected (and the search field never has focus). My first idea was, this could be related to the highlighting function, that marks the search term in the preview windows and the entry editor and somehow applies its highlighting also to the search field. But than it shouldn't be Linux only.

[teertinker]

This issue is already present in JabRef 2.10. With a search bar at the left, however, one didn't notice the bug, because the search term was not tab specific and changed at switching tab.

[simonharrer]

I think one needs to debug this under linux and try to find a solution.

[simonharrer]

@koppor maybe something for the stupro as some of them have linux systems?

[stefan-kolb]

This might be caused by some preference settings. Could you please export your settings and reset to the defaults afterwards? If this solves your issue please upload your exported preferences for further investigation!

[teertinker]

I did reset to default. The same behavior still exists.

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This might be caused by some preference settings. Could you please export your settings and reset the the defaults afterwards? If this solves your issue please upload your exported preferences for further investigation!—
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