[Bug 1188571] Re: The list of printers should be searchable/sortable

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Title:
  The list of printers should be searchable/sortable

Status in GTK+ GUI Toolkit:
  Fix Released
Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “gtk+3.0” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  With the current GTK dialog (as in 3.6.4).

  Users, working on a lan with many printers, report that it's difficult for them
  to find the printer they want to use because GTK provide no way to
  search/filter/sort the list of printers.

  Typeahead is working, but it's not really obvious (so some users don't know
  about it) and only works on the printer names, not on their location.

  Some possible improvements:
  - providing a way to search/filter in the list, taking into account names and
  locations
  - make the columns sortable, that would allow users to, at least, sort by
  location
  - sort the most used printers always first

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