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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Search Dialog
From:       Don Sanders <sanders () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-01-05 0:08:23
Message-ID: 200401051008.23582.sanders () kde ! org
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Sorry I don't like this "I'm an expert" checkbox, I think it makes the 
dialog more complicated rather than simpler.

Maybe it makes sense to consider a search window instead of a search 
dialog. Replacing the buttons with toolbar buttons (and menu items). 
Also this way the context menu actions could have menu items also, I 
think it's bad to have actions that are only accessible via a context 
menu. (I'm thinking of the context menu that is associated with the 
list of search results).

I'm not sure about the replace/create new concept in the attached 
dialog, it also seems to make things more complicated rather than 
simpler.

Maybe it would be better to discuss this kind of think after the 3.2 
release, I'm not willing to test new code before then.

Don.

On Tuesday 30 December 2003 23:53, Thomas Zander wrote:
> Here is a proposal for the new search dialog; its a designer file,
> but as you can't use it as is, I created a screenshot instead.
>
> I renamed 'search all local folders' to 'all folders' since the
> current dialog does not limit itself to local folders either, IMAP
> folders are also searched.
>
> Fewer: should remove empty conditions first, last one if none are
> empty. Fewer: will remove entries until 1 is left.
> Clear all: brings up a 'don't ask again' dialog and clears all
> entries afterwards; resetting count to 2.
>
> Save as...: will bring up a dialog as in the second attachment.
>
> The checkbox "I'm an Expert' will make the conditions combo-boxes
> be filled with more entries; as is shown in the right side of the
> screeny. Notice that the editable-combobox will have a lot more
> entries in the expert mode as well.
>
> I wrote (in the second attachment) that the _result_ of the search
> is saved in the search folder. I wrote this since I can't find a
> way to re-run a search. But that seems silly; so did I just miss
> the option?
>
> ===
> ok, no attachments; but URLs;
> http://www.webhome.nl/zander/searchDiag.png
> http://www.webhome.nl/zander/SearchFolderDiag.png
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