[Expired for thunderbird (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for
60 days.]
** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Expired
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Title:
Search Messages "Stop" button doesn't work
Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu:
Expired
Bug description:
Binary package hint: thunderbird
Pressing "Stop" doesn't appear to stop the search and it disables the
Search window.
I am using IMAP to connect to a Dovecot mail server with Thunderbird.
If I search a mail folder (containing many more folders and several
hundred messages) like so:
* Right-click on the folder.
* Click "Search"
* Search Messages dialogue box appears with "Search for messages in [folder
name]" already selected.
* Search for "Subject contains 'xyzzy' ".
* Click Search.
At this point the "Search" button turns into a "Stop" button and the
phrase "Searching..." appears in the status bar at the bottom of the
Search dialogue box. If I immediately click "Stop" nothing happens.
The "Stop" button remains a "Stop" button and the phrase
"Searching..." still appears in the status bar.
Eventually the search does stop but the button and status bar do not
change. At this point if I click Stop again the status bar changes to
read "No matches found" but the button remains a "Stop" button. There
is no way to start a new search at this point. You have to close the
window and open a new one to search for anything else.
On a related note, if you want to maintain one button that changes
behavior while a search is in progress that works, but it's a modal
design, and modal designs generally make for a more confusing UI. In
my opinion a better UI choice would be to have separate "Search" and
"Stop" buttons.
* "Stop" would be greyed out (disabled) until "Search" is pressed.
* While a search is in progress "Search" would be greyed out (disabled) and
"Stop" would be enabled.
* Once the search has completed "Stop" would be disabled and "Search" would
be enabled again.
* If someone presses "Stop" while a search is in progress the search would
stop, the status bar would state something like "Search halted. No matches
found" or "Search halted. 10 matches found", "Stop" would be disabled and
"Search" would be enabled again.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Feb 26 10:43:24 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: mozilla-thunderbird 2.0.0.19+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/home/username/bin:/home/username/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: thunderbird
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-23-generic x86_64
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