Matt, I reported this in the last release:
"The search box is finalizing too quickly... Whenever I use the search box, I type in the first few letters and then I pause VERY briefly (a fraction of a second) while my ageing brain tries to decide what to type next, but in that time MC stops accepting input and my keystrokes are then seen as navigation around the UI rather than input to the search box...
I don't recall the search box being this sensitive... Can we back off a bit, or add a sensitivity option... 8 times out of 10 now my searches are being cut short due to a small pause in my typing...
Related to this, when doing a search and the dropdown window appears, by the time I navigate my mouse to the window a decision has been made and the view updates with it's own choice rather than allow me to further interact..."
Today I was navigating the filelist window with keystrokes and noticed focus kept jumping away from what I was doing and found the reason why. The original report above is affected by the same issue.
How to replicate the problem:
Select ANY file in a file list. Ensure the Action window is fully closed. Go to the top right search box and fiddle about to your heart's content. Notice how focus stays locked in the search box and you are able to easily refine your search and explore any dropbox options.
OK, clear the search and go back to the file list and select a track. Now go to the Action Window, click TAG, followed by clicking on the COUNTRY tag (for example) to open the country tag editor. Now go back up to the top right search box and start searching... Notice that as soon as you pause the focus is stolen away and the search is prematurely terminated.
I also noticed that while doing editing in the file lists the same focus stealing occurs, making it very frustrating to edit with the action box tag editor open.
Can we get a fix on this please. When tag editing I have always left the tag editor up so that I can quickly jump around files making changes. It should not be stealing focus in this way...
Cheers,
Mark