Comment 49 for bug 691380

(In reply to comment #45)
> When the user places the cursor into the searchbox, a persistent 'Tool-tip'
> could pop-up directly above the searchbox, saying something like 'Filtering
> on: Sender, Recipients & Subject' that would stay visible until the searchbox
> was cleared. This tool-tip could be highly contrasted to the rest of the
> window somehow (ie, red background with white text?), so the user wouldn't
> be able to miss it (unless maybe they were blind). This 'contrast' color
> should be configurable though, so people won't scream about how much they
> hate the color red... ;)

Maybe even better - instead of the 'persistent drop-down' that some people seem to really dislike, this 'tool-tip' could actually contain all of the different search criteria similar to how they are represented now on the Quickfilter toolbar, and *this* could be how the user selects the different criteria, with the same 'push-button' style used now (which I do like, by the way).

Since this is a 'tool-tip' that pops-up *above* the searchbox, it doesn't take away from the usable space below in the message list/preview panes, and automatically hides itself as soon as the searchbox is cleared (so no confusing hot keys/combinations needed).

I know this is my idea, but I really do like it much better even than the 'persistent drop-down' version...

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