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Bug 349935 - [KB-Fixed] "search options" menu icon isn't obvious
[KB-Fixed] "search options" menu icon isn't obvious
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Mailer
2.8.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: evolution-mail-maintainers
Evolution QA team
evolution[kill-bonobo]
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-08-04 13:50 UTC by James "Doc" Livingston
Modified: 2009-08-30 05:52 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.15/2.16


Description James "Doc" Livingston 2006-08-04 13:50:40 UTC 
2.7 uses an icon the the search box to select options instead of the combo box that was previously used, and it isn't at all obvious that you can click it to access the menu.
Comment 1 André Klapper 2006-08-06 12:51:03 UTC 
also see bug 348753, adding srini and jony to CC, confirming this.
Comment 2 James "Doc" Livingston 2006-08-06 13:08:44 UTC 
Obviously I meant "... in the search box..." in my report.


As well as changing the icon slightly to indicate that it has a menu (as mentioned in bug 348752), it would probably be good to have it pre-light when the pointer moves over it. For reference. the SexyIconEntry class from libsexy (http://www.chipx86.com/wiki/Libsexy#SexyIconEntry) does this.
Comment 3 Srinivasa Ragavan 2006-08-07 06:03:48 UTC 
James, in HEAD, it currently changes the CURSOR to "link". It should also have a prelight and we need to work on a icon that has a small down arrow too.
Comment 4 Matthew Barnes 2008-03-11 00:27:51 UTC 
Bumping version to a stable release.
Comment 5 Matthew Barnes 2009-06-08 14:08:04 UTC 
The search entry in the kill-bonobo branch is using the new GtkEntry icon capabilities, which does pre-light (most of the time; some GTK+ bug here).

Icon also has a helpful "click here..." tooltip.

What I'd really like is something similar to Firefox's search bar (icon + down arrow in a different background color), but this is good enough for now.
Comment 6 Matthew Barnes 2009-08-30 05:52:50 UTC 
The "kill-bonobo" branch has been merged into "master" and will debut as Evolution 2.29.1.  We believe the branch has addressed the reported issue.  If you find the issue still exists in version 2.29 or later please feel free to re-open this bug.

Closing as FIXED.