BobRobert wrote:The pre-canned searches don't show up when you are adding a via. You see that page only when you are picking your destination. That is why they all search "around here". I'll see if I can add a page for them with the layout you want. If you already have a route and you want to change the destination and not add a via, that search page does show up with the settings you want.
Ah, I didn't check what happened when you long-pressed "Add Via". Yes the search qualifiers do show up that way when there is an active route and "Add Via" is changed back to "Destination" via long-press.
With standard iGO, "Destination" gives the option of adding a new destination or adding a single via point. This makes the process of plotting to a restaurant or gas station on your route very natural as you just bring up "Find Places" and add the gas station as a via, keeping your destination the same. Unfortunately they only support a single via.
With the skin, since "Destination" is changed to "Add Via" when an active route is present, you lose that ability to add a Gas Station or Restaurant on your route as a quick via through the canned searches. If you change "Add Via" to "Destination", then the canned searches have those qualifiers, but unfortunately if you select them, they will now replace your current destination, instead of being a short via/detour to get gas or food after which you continue to your original destination.
Now you can still find gas stations or restaurants near you through the standard search (as opposed to canned convenience searches), but you have to use many more steps [Select Along Route] [Select Find by Category] [Scroll to Gas Station or Restaurant] [Select Show All]
So I think it makes sense to have Find Places for the "Add Via" come up with the canned convenience searches and have the qualifiers be the same as "Destination" when an active route is present.
Hope that came out clear enough to understand the reasoning.
Also the canned searches in standard iGO display the distance to the nearest item in each category when the qualifier is specific (like "Around Here" or "At My Destination"). I think it would be useful to also display the nearest location for "On My Route" but for some reason they don't. It looks like this:
Find Places - No Active Route
0.35mi [Gas Station] - Around Here
0.34mi [Restaurant] - Around Here
1.0mi [Parking] - Around Here
[Other Places]
Find Places - Active Route
[Gas Station] - On My Route
[Restaurant] - On My Route
200 ft [Parking] - At My Destination
[Other Places]
The skin currently does not display any distance info.