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Bug 788816 - Search current folder only
Search current folder only
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: geary
Classification: Other
Component: engine
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Geary Maintainers
Geary Maintainers
Depends on: 714496
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2017-10-11 08:59 UTC by Stephen Finucane
Modified: 2020-07-09 21:49 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Stephen Finucane 2017-10-11 08:59:24 UTC 
If I search for unread mail, it gives me a list of unread mail across all folders. I'd like this behavior to be modifiable such that you can limit it to the current folder/label.
Comment 1 Federico Bruni 2017-12-03 09:01:00 UTC 
I would say this is a duplicate of bug #714496
Comment 2 Michael Gratton 2017-12-04 06:29:07 UTC 
Bug #714496 would certainly make this possible, as you suggested there using syntax like "in:this" or "in:selected", but I'm thinking we probably want to make this particular issue cover having a streamlined UI and experience for limiting search to the current folder, as Stephen mentions in the description here and as Robert was suggesting further up in Bug 714496:

> I don't know if you've had much time to think about the UI in the folder case,
> but I wonder if it'd be possible to keep the folder selected in the account
> column when searching a single folder. Perhaps the icon could change to a
> magnifying glass. Then when you clear the search field, the same conversation
> would stay selected.
> 
> Sometimes, I can't figure out how to find a message I'm looking for, but I can
> find a chronologically nearby message. So being able to get to a specific time
> with search and then look through all the messages in that folder would be
> useful for me.

So I've re-titled this a bit and made it depend on Bug 714496 as well to make that more clear.
Comment 3 Federico Bruni 2020-07-09 21:49:34 UTC 
Closing in favour of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/geary/issues/656