Bug 340315

Summary: kmail quicksearch buttons take too much horizontal space
Product: [Applications] kmail2 Reporter: Martin Steigerwald <Martin>
Component: searchAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: capsel+kde, kdenis, montel, mtijink.bugs
Priority: NOR    
Version: 4.14.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Debian unstable   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: folder without active quicksearch
folder with active quicksearch

Description Martin Steigerwald 2014-10-24 19:28:43 UTC 
Version is 4.14.2 (not yet available in version selector)

Just as demonstrated with screenshots I attach. With active quicksearch in wide view the kmail quicksearch buttons take too much horizontal space leaving not enough space for the mailview pane to read some mails without wordwrapping.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Switch kmail to wide view
2. Access a folder
3. Make message list narrow enough so you see the complete mail in the mail view pane
4. Do a quick search

Actual Results:  
Message list gets wider and does not leave enough space for message view pane.

Expected Results:  
Message list stays on the same width. Buttons after "Nachricht filtern nach" (filter message by) become wordwrapped.

This is with 1920x1080 resolution. If you have some big display with Ultra HD you may not care :). But IMHO Full HD is also quite a resolution already.

X.org is set to 143 dpi due to display dimensions I measured. Machine is a 15 inch ThinkPad T520 with said Full HD display.
Comment 1 Martin Steigerwald 2014-10-24 19:29:13 UTC 
Created attachment 89306 [details]
folder without active quicksearch
Comment 2 Martin Steigerwald 2014-10-24 19:29:31 UTC 
Created attachment 89307 [details]
folder with active quicksearch
Comment 3 Laurent Montel 2014-10-28 08:02:59 UTC 
Indeed it's too small for you.
=> one solution don't use 3 columns :)
Sorry I can't fix it.
Comment 4 CapSel 2014-11-05 20:42:11 UTC 
I have the same problem. My resolution is 1366x768.
Comment 5 Laurent Montel 2014-11-06 07:12:07 UTC 
As I told I will not fix it.
you use a configuration too small.
Regards
Comment 6 Martin Steigerwald 2014-11-06 12:32:37 UTC 
Laurent, I don´t understand? How can 1920x1080 to small for the wide screen layout?

For me the issue is this: I have:

Nachricht filtern nach: Vollständige Nachricht   Nachrichtentext  Betreff  Von   Bcc

in the first line. And just

Nachricht

in the second line (thats in the german version, but in the english it would be the english words then).

Why don´t just split the "Filter by" lines different like:

Nachricht filtern nach: Vollständige Nachricht   
Nachrichtentext   Betreff  Von   Bcc   Nachricht

This little GUI layout change would resolve the issue easily.

I can also make the example after switching KMail to english language later.

I am reopening due to my questions. If you really see no way to fix this issue, well then close again, but in my eyes the fix would be quite easy. I may even try it myself.
Comment 7 Matthijs 2015-01-28 22:41:06 UTC 
I have encountered the same issue.

Another possible solution: removing the "Nachricht filtern nach:" text and only showing the buttons. And maybe make the padding between buttons smaller.
Comment 8 Martin Steigerwald 2015-01-29 14:14:47 UTC 
Nice idea Matthijs. Also shortening "Nachricht filtern nach:" to "Filtern nach:" as its kinda obvious what KMail filters here. :) In english "Filter by:".

Its an i18n change tough.
Comment 9 Denis Kurz 2017-01-16 07:07:11 UTC 
Somewhere along the way, this issue was positively resolved: The quicksearch filter fields are now (at least since 5.3.0, cannot recall exactly) selected via a dropdown menu that is opened by clicking on a small filter symbol inside the quicksearch bar, which seems to be a custom widget now.

Correct me if I'm wrong and I'll reopen.