[MlMt] Leaving search and tags

Brett Terpstra me at brettterpstra.com
Mon Apr 14 00:18:14 EDT 2014


On 13 Apr 2014, at 8:39, Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:

>>>> when I searched in some folder for something and change to another 
>>>> folder, I still keep the search. Maybe that's useful sometimes, I 
>>>> don't know. But what kills me is when I delete that search by 
>>>> hitting ESC it takes me back to the folder I came from.
>>>>
>>>> Question: Why?
>>
>> This is by design. I usually perform a search and when I'm finished I 
>> want to return to where I started, but you are not the first to raise 
>> this question and I'm aware that it is unexpected behavior for some 
>> users.
>
> Just want to give my vote for making Esc for search just remove the 
> search criteria and not change the current folder selection.
>
> I *can* though in some cases see the value of Esc "going back", thus I 
> would suggest maybe make that behaviour available when doing 
> Alt/Option + Esc ?
>
> /max

I'm with Benny on this one. If the search is going to take me to All 
Messages when it starts, I definitely want it to go back to where I was 
when I'm done.


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