Code search text box relocates to current mouse position in between search text input

Question

Post rightlicking the mouse, a Code search text box opens up at the click area. However, during typing the search text, if the mouse pointer moved else where, intellisense changed event, triggered because of change in search text, causes the code search text box to move out to the latest position of the mouse. This gives us a feeling that the text box is randomly relocating. I would prefer that unless I click else where, the search box should not just relocate itself.

 

Also, this relocation happens only when the intellisense output changes, if the search text change is not resulting in intellisense output being changed, then the text box doesn't move around. Need a consistent experience here, and would prefer the consistent experience be that it does not run around unless I ask it to. Reason being that I would have clicked in an empty area to get the search box, but while entering the text, I would move the mouse away from the control so as to not be a hinderence, and then continue typin, or that the mouse could move around accidently.

Answer 1

Thanks for reporting this Sharath!  This is a great bug report.  I will enter it in our bug database so that it can be fixed when we release an update.  Thanks again!

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Kael Rowan | Research Software Design Engineer | Human Interactions in Programming | Microsoft Research