I was playing with spotter a bit and run into the following idea.

I wanted to search for the Configuration Browser. So I type "configuration bro".

Of course, nothing appears because it is in the Tools submenu of the World menu. Which I should know if I'm looking for it...

But, I thought that maybe it would make sense to show then the "Tools" menu when I type configuration browser. More generally, when the thing I look for is in the sub menu of an item, I show its parent.

I found my way and change this method:

MenuMorph>>spotterItemsFor: aStep

<spotterOrder: 10>

^ aStep listProcessor��

title: 'Items';

candidatesLimit: Float infinity;

allCandidates: [ self items ];

itemName: #contents;

itemIcon: [ :item | item icon ];

actLogic: [ :item | item hasSubMenu��

ifTrue: [ aStep diveIn ]��

ifFalse: [ item spotterActDefault. aStep exit ] ];

added ==> matchLogic: [ :item :string |��

item hasSubMenu��

ifFalse: [ (string, '*') match: item contents ]

ifTrue: [ item subMenu allItems anySatisfy: [ :sub | (string, '*') match: sub contents ] ]]

My question is: Does this behavior make sense to my spotter designer friends? Can it be applied more generally?

Then, something I didn't implement but I'd like to have. When a sub-item matches, the shown element should have some visual feedback showing the reason of the selection...