Smarter layout box search as you type

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 11/23/22 12:57, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> In my Beamer document, if I want to insert a Block layout, I type
> Alt + p, space, and then type "Block". This gives three results:
> "Block", "ExampleBlock", and "AlertBlock". "AlertBlock" is highlighted,
> so I press <Up> <Up> to get to "Block".
>
> Is there a faster way by default than the above key combinations to
> insert a "Block" environment? Perhaps I should make a shortcut, or a
> custom menu item.
>
> I use "Block" much more often than "AlertBlock" and "ExampleBlock", so
> it would be nice if "Block" were the first one highlighted. Would it
> make sense for the search to highlight the one that is most often used
> in the document?  i.e., LyX could query my .lyx file and see that I use
> "Block" 10 times and "AlertBlock" 2 times, and would select "Block"?

It would be easy to make such a list during the updateBuffer routine, 
which is really very fast.

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