Popup window is too big; Poor use of space.

[tonyrulez]

This issue is a

• bug
• feature
• question

Please describe the current behavior, and explain why it's bad.

Currently the popup menu is large, i mean HUGE. Most of the time (99.999%), there will be only one entry to show, but there is space for an extra 5 at least. Unnecessary. Should be adaptive, or at least smaller sized. See picture: https://i.imgur.com/VS357Am.png

Also, the time limit slider does nothing (I understand it's a feature, not a bug), so I don't understand why it's there.

Please describe how you think it should change.

Adaptive or smaller popup size, and removed time limit slider.

Anything else?

Nope.

[subdavis]

I broke the slider thing into its own issue because that is actually really concerning.

Regarding use of space, this was chosen because, with the search feature, each keystroke would cause the window to resize. As the number of matched entries changes, the window jumps around and poorly impacts performance on lighter-weight systems.

I didn't figure window size would be a big deal since you only use the popup for a couple of seconds. Could you describe a use-case where the large window causes poor UX?

Thanks for reporting these issues. Let's get them resolved asap :)

[tonyrulez]

No usability issues at all, it just looks silly. On 1366x768 resolution it takes up more than 70% of vertical space of the actual website I'm on. Still, I think this big space that can fit 5 (and a half) rows of entries is a bit much, considering there will be only 1 or 2 matched entries in most cases (in my experience just a couple of keystrokes will narrow the number of results to these numbers, and I have hundreds of entries in the db). So if adaptive is not an option, then a bit smaller window size would be great. Even if your desired entry does not fit in the smaller window, it is still scrollable,
This is just my personal preference :)

[subdavis]

In that case, I appreciate the feedback.

I'm going to leave this issue open and see if anyone else gives it a 👍 or continues the discussion. I'll keep an eye on it and change the design if others have the same preference.

[mistersister]

I want to support this request. I too, use the extension on a 1366x768 laptop and think the popup is way too big. Not that it causes any issues, but feels like a waste of screen space at such low resolutions.

Something like the old CKP which would resize the popup to the number of entries (to a certain extent) would be more desireable.