Version: (using KDE 3.5.9) Installed from: SuSE RPMs Till yesterday I worked using KDE 3.5.8 and if I am not mistaken KMail enterprise. There was QS but it was for a long time (and not only enterprise). Now I have KDE 3.5.9 installed with regular KMail and QS is gone, the only sign it was there is one keyboard shortcut -- clear QS. And that's it, everything else is not there. Please bring it back -- it was a useful feature.
It is still there for me. Maybe some config settings or .rc file problem?
Thomas, do you use regular KMail after update from enterprise? Where should look exactly, i.e. what key? The surprising thing is that all QS related items (except for clear in keyboard shortcuts) are gone.
My knowledge of KMail internals is limited so I only found QS key active or inactive. I can turn on/off QS box this way :-) but since keyboard shortcuts, menu entries are gone I cannot do this on fly. Is there any way user could add menus/shortcuts via rc files?
I just received the upgrade from KDE 3.5.8 to 3.5.9 through Debian testing, and I too have to report that the quick search is gone. If I recall correctly, there used to be a button that you could add to the toolbar to show and hide the quick search. This is no longer to be found. There is still a button for "Reset Quick Search", but that is kind of useless without a way to show the quick search.
Same thing on Debian lenny with KDE 3.5.9 and KMail 1.9.9. It has nothing to do with rc-files. Even a new user (first KDE start) has only the "Reset Quick Search" button...
OK, I found it. You need to got to Settings->Configure KMail->Appearance->Message List, and there you can check "Show Quick Search". The "Reset Quick Search" button that you can add to the toolbar is now pretty useless, because the quick search bar always shows a reset button anyway. Also, I have often actually used the "Show Quick Search" button in the toolbar to show and hide the search to make room. I don't know how others feel about that, but I wouldn't mind if that button could come back.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/kdepim/+bug/194416 downstream
FYI with the new KDE4.2 version new icons show up in front of the QuickSearch bar, and even Settings->Configure KMail->Appearance->Message List option is now gone.
As far as I understand it after looking at the downstream bug, the original problem was that a method of toggling the quick search bar disappeared and it became more difficult to toggle the quick search bar. It was a downstream bug to make it disabled by default, which confused users. As far as I can see on kmail 1.11.1 on kde 4.2.1, there is no longer a way to deactivate the quick search bar over the message window, so in this sense, this bug could be closed. Perhaps this bug should be converted to a wish, making the quick search bar configurable, allowing it to be switched off. Perhaps the original reporter and/or other people could confirm that this indeed a desired feature? Otherwise we should perhaps just close this bug.
Netz -- it long standing regression. This feature was present and now it is not (*). Regression issues are not wishes. > on kmail 1.11.1 on kde 4.2.1, there is no longer a way to > deactivate the quick search bar over the message window, > so in this sense, this bug could be closed. So nothing has changed (fixed) (*) since this report was filled. (*) I didn't see new KDE 4.2.2 yet so I solely rely on your comment that this feature is still non-switchable.
@Jan as I mentioned on #8, it no longer makes sense since Kmail now has many more icons on that same line. for me, close it for kde 4.x
What icons has to do with this report? The question is -- is the QS switchable or not. In KDE 4.2.1 it was still non-switchable so this report should still be opened as it is still valid.
Created attachment 32633 [details] kmailsearchbar are we talking about the same thing? I'm referring to the search bar in this screenshot, as well as the icons in the right of it
Yes, this QS we are talking about.
(In reply to comment #14) > Yes, this QS we are talking about. then I see no interest in changing the current behavior for KDE4.x do u?
How did you get to this conclusion? KDE3 --> QS switchable. KDE4 --> QS non-switchable. Really, it is progress?
In the code I found the comment: // Eventually we want to be able to disable the quick search again, ... so it's currently a known regression.
I cannot see why this bug is still open. The problem with KDE 3.5.8/9 will not be fixed - and in KDE 4 we don't have the configurability anymore.
Because it is report to have one. It is really no point in opening massive amounts of reports in such scheme: * please make it configurable -> closed, because of the regression * please put the feature back -> closed, fixed * please make it configurable It will triple the number of reports, quite obvious. Not to mention time wasted on the same reports.
Are there any news with readding this feature? I upgraded from kmail 1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) to 1.9.10 IIRC and found this report and some more features cut off I cannot see any reason for. Is there a way to vote for getting back easy toggling quick search off and on. Meanwhile I downgraded back to 1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) getting back to an effective way of doing my daily work. :o\
SVN commit 1149628 by tmcguire: Add back the ability to hide the quick search bar. Patch by Richard Plangger <richard.plangger at gmx dot net>, many thanks! BUG: 160224 M +0 -5 kmail/kmmainwidget.cpp M +3 -0 messagelist/core/settings.kcfg M +55 -18 messagelist/core/widgetbase.cpp M +5 -0 messagelist/core/widgetbase.h M +13 -1 messagelist/widget.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1149628