I would guesstimate that 90% of the searches I do would involve a number, such as an NGC or IC or M number in the search field. When you select the search tab, the alphabet keyboard displays, and I have to select the '.?123' number tab to get the number display up. I thought it would be a nice idea, for when you select the search tab, the keyboard pops up with the numbers on display instead of the letters.
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Bill Tschumy I think different people will want different things. I suspect most of my searches do not start with a number. I also generally type NGC if that is the catalog I want and not just the number. This prevents me having to scan through all the catalog matches. I don't even think it is possible to bring up the keyboard (on iOS at least) with the numeric option pre-chosen I can bring up a "numeric" keypad, but that won't let you type letters.
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B One thing I notice, when I bring up the search screen and tap on the search text box to get the keyboard up, there's no cursor in the search box. I find this slightly disconcerting - not sure if this is a feature or a bug?
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Bill Tschumy This is all handled by the operating system. If there is no cursor then it is the one screwing up. Are you on Android or iOS?
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B An iPad running iOS 10.0.2.
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Bill Tschumy Not sure what to tell you. I see the cursor every time on mine. We don't do anything to show/hide the cursor. As I said, this is handled automatically for us.
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B Do you change the Tint colour at all?
I see a blue cursor when I use "Color Chart", but nothing when I use "Inverse Monochrome Chart" (which is my preferred mode).
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B I see the same behaviour with the dialog for adding one's observations to a list item - blue cursor for a colour chart, invisible for a monochrome one.
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