GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 363680
[KB-Fixed] Search text entry should expand to the full width
Last modified: 2009-10-05 16:17:07 UTC
See a (slightly broken) screenshot in attachment 75077 [details] There's an awful lot of dead space, and the entry is very small to hit as well. I think the text entry should expand to the full available width of the search bar.
Definitely, I second this. This UI change really hurt me as a user--the search bar is my #1 most touched area, and now it's one of the smallest UI elements in the screen. Silly.
The space between two searches were kept purposefully. Two searches don't work together. Like if you select 'current account' in right hand side search and choose 'important message' in left hand side search option, it won't give you result for whole account. So left hand side search works only for message list not on folder basis. I hope i am clear.
We could use a GtkAlignment widget in that bar to retain some fixed separation between the two widgets, while still allowing the search entry to grow wider. As it is now I can't even read the full search type description. I see "Subject and Sender conta" <- cuts off
Fixed this in kill-bonobo. Search entry now expands to the available width, but maintains a significant fixed-size gap between itself and the show combo.
*** Bug 365617 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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.
Created attachment 144804 [details] [review] Patch for Evolution 2.22 that gives the search bar a smaller minimum and allows it to grow Hi! Waiting for the current 2.29 to be released was not an option in my case. I'm using Debian Lenny and I really needed the search bar to work as a user would expect (get smaller than the set minimum and grow if more space was available). Thus, I spent quite a number of hours in patching evolution 2.22 (Debian Lenny) to make it work as I wanted. I'm here sharing the patch. I know that this patch won't be useful at all for the current branch (which is apparently fixed), but if someone is using a backported version like me, they might find it useful.