Comment 50 for bug 691380

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In , Charles (tanstaafl-libertytrek) wrote :

(In reply to comment #46)
> 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).

So, forget the persistent drop-down.

When the user clicks into the searchbox, the persistent tool-tip would appear - again, *above* the searchbox (as wide as necessary) - containing the same thing the bar contains after the user starts typing into the toolbar searchbox:

"Fiter messages by: Sender Recipients Subject Body ICONS"

where ICONS are the icons (only) for the additional criteria (Unread, Starred, Contact, Tags, attachment), all of which have their own normal tool-tips that displays the labels, of course...