Tickets :: Comment on [#7196] Hitting escape in the search field doesn't clear it

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Comment	>> I'm not entirely convinced of that I guess In Apple Mail, for example: > > > > Considering I'm not a great fan of Apple Mail... take these comments > with that grain of salt. > > > >> - the search bar doesn't appear until you've typed something in as a > >> search string, so you can tab in and out of the search box without > >> mucking with your mailbox listing or doing an empty search. > > > > Is Apple Mail doing search as you type? If so, and it is hitting the > IMAP server for every search (as opposed to its local cache) that is > totally inefficient. The whole point of allowing a user to set > search parameters before typing in DIMP is to eliminate this > inefficiency. There is absolutely no reason to send an IMAP search > request for 'c', 'ch', 'chu', 'chuc', and/or 'chuck' in the From > header if you are searching for that information in the Subject > header. > > > >> - hitting escape while in the search field clears the search and > >> hides the search bar > > > > That is non-intuitive for me. I never use ESC in this manner. > Although this is less intrusive than any of the other suggestions in > this ticket, and wouldn't break anything that is already implemented > so this is a reasonable request. > > > >> - since it's impossible to do an empty search, empty searches don't > >> result in empty mailboxes. I think if we end up with nothing in the > >> search filter box, we should either not run a search, or we should > >> match everything - matching nothing, especially when what I've done > >> is tab in and out of the search box, is really disruptive. > >> > >> Clicking the search box and then outside of it does leave the search > >> bar open, but it doesn't seem to run an empty search - not sure why > >> the difference from tabbing in and out. > > > > This is a feature: after all, why run an empty search? When I click > on the search box, I don't want the mailbox listing to go blank. I > haven't searched for anything yet. An empty search string is NO > search, not an empty search.
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