Bugzilla 3.2: Remove Keyword Chooser User Script
Second Bugzilla-related user script today: Bugzilla 3.2 introduced a keyword chooser that always pops up when you click on the keywords field. Sadly, it keeps you from entering the keywords by hand, even if you know exactly what you want to type. Choosing it from the list and clicking the arrow, then okay takes much longer.
So here’s another very simple Greasemonkey user script that just reverts to the original behavior of a simple text field:
bugzilla-fix-keywords.user.js (click to install)
I really think instead of the current chooser, a simple keyword suggestion feature should be used that works somehow like the del.icio.us tag find-as-you-type feature:
That could be another user script (or rather an extension to this simple script here). Anyone feel like making it?
Update: This user script of mine has also been deprecated by the fix introduced with bug 452734 — we now have a convenient auto-complete feature, similar to the one I suggested above. Great! Here’s a screenshot:
I think the autocomplete (suggestion feature) is the way to go, yes.
Alas, I’m not competent to write it, but you caught exactly what I had in mind when I complained about that newfangled keyword chooser at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452734#c0
Thumbs up for your quick reaction.
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Best regards,
Tony.
I must have missed this post on planet.m.o, but thanks for the js to fix the keywords; it’ll hopefully keep me sane until that bug is fixed.
You’re welcome, guys. I am actually glad that the bug is in the process of being fixed already. There’s nothing wrong about changing the way we enter keywords — it just shouldn’t make it harder