Comment 58 for bug 691380

Created attachment 460171
Screenshot 3: Another proposed UI for standalone Quickfilter widget with horizontal persistent 'filter state indicator'/'criteria selector' pop-up on top

Ok, here is a quick-n-dirty of what I'm talking about...

The user clicks into this new standalone Quicksearch/filter box, and the 'Filter messages by:...' horizontal combination 'indicator/selector' pops-up, and stays up, until the searchbox is cleared (user clicks on a different folder (if sticky pin is not pushed) or clicks on the 'x' to clear the searchbox).

This makes it easy to see what is currently selected, and easy to change it if desired, with a single click (as opposed to having to click in the drop-down selector first, then choose your selection(s), then click out again).

I couldn't find an easy/quick way to change the background/contrast for the pop-up, and I do think it should probably look different than it does in this screenshot (although even as it is I think it would be pretty obvious to the user how it worked after clicking in and out a couple of times).