Dear folks,
The new style Uniprot sequence fetcher is the most frustrating UI component in Jalview. I am entering an accession number, I turn away for a fraction to not ehte next few characters, turn back and Jalview has already gone searching so as I type without looking at the entry box I am now searching for something completely different.
And if I want to retrieve a list it becomes even more painful.
Is there a way to turn off the ‘search as I type’ and go back to the paradigm of enter then search? It is verging on becoming as frustrating as using Visual Basic.
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Dr David M A Martin PhD FHEA FRSB
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Dear frustrated
The new style Uniprot sequence fetcher is the most frustrating UI component in Jalview. I am entering an accession number, I turn away for a fraction to not ehte next few characters, turn back and Jalview has already gone searching so as I type without looking at the entry box I am now searching for something completely different.
And if I want to retrieve a list it becomes even more painful.
This is indeed a major drawback.
Is there a way to turn off the ‘search as I type’ and go back to the paradigm of enter then search?
That should be quite possible. We’ll see what we can do (https://issues.jalview.org/browse/JAL-2804) - I’ve also been toying with the idea of reinstating the batch ID retrieval field, since thats easier to use than the current FTS dialog when cutting and pasting in a large number of IDs with varying separator characters.
It is verging on becoming as frustrating as using Visual Basic.
You’ll note I’ve marked JAL-2804 as critical. No one needs to be that frustrated !
More soon…
Jim.
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On 27/10/2017 14:06, David Martin (Staff) wrote: