GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 271238
search active not obvious enough for some
Last modified: 2006-07-10 15:59:23 UTC
Distribution: Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) Package: Evolution Priority: Normal Version: GNOME2.6. unspecified Gnome-Distributor: Red Hat, Inc Synopsis: UI and mail folders Bugzilla-Product: Evolution Bugzilla-Component: UI Bugzilla-Version: unspecified Description: Please describe your feature request: Evolution should indicate when a search has been performed, maybe by changing the color of the folder's name? I am constantly going into the SENT folder, after a previous search, looking to see a message I just sent. Alas, the message isn't there. That confuses me. The user should have a way to see that the folder's contents reflect the product of a search, not the contents of a folder. Unknown reporter: vilberg@clarion.edu, changed to bugbuddy-import@ximian.com. Setting qa contact to the default for this product. This bug either had no qa contact or an invalid one.
*** Bug 270144 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I would even say that the search shouldn't be remembered so after switching to different folder it should be reset. The search filter is used when I'm looking for something and so it's temporary by definition. For better user experience there could be a history of the last few searches available, but it isn't necessary.
people aren't happy with that solution either. they expect that if they perform a search in folder A and then switch to folder B, that when they switch back to folder A, the search will still be there just like they left it. this was a fair bit of work to implement and I know I didn't write it for my health :) however, I will agree that presenting to the user that the message-list contents are search results is a good idea, I just don't know how.
*** Bug 312088 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Jeffrey: Well I'm reporter of dupe 312088 and I feel the same about this bug as Tomas Mraz. As I reported in my bug report I would expect the search field to be cleared, especially after closing Evolution or not having entered that folder the last few minutes. Something like 5-10 min. seems reasonable to me. I really think it is better to have to enter a search twice than to get startled because messages seem to have dissapeared.
people want it to persist across sessions. like I said, it could be made more obvious, but it won't be removed.
*** Bug 242545 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
OK. Maybe it could be handled like Mail.app (Mac OS X) does. When a search has been performed, Mail.app puts a little eyeglass nest to the search field and a small circle with an "x" in the test window. Click on the x and the search product is gone. At least that way (the eyeglass and the x) the user can easily discriminate when they are looking at the contents of a folder or the product of a search.
*** Bug 331695 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
this is fixed in evolution 2.6 (perhaps also 2.4, don't remember exactly). the text input field is highlighted nowadays.