Comment 88 for bug 691380

(In reply to comment #80)

> Currently, when I go to View > Toolbars > Customize, I can see the TEXT/LABEL
> for 'Global Search', but the white searchbox itself is invisible - and if I
> place it on the toolbar - yes, *after* I have enabled the Unified Search
> extension and restarted TB - it is still invisible/inaccessible.

I guess you have configured the unified search accordingly to show the global search field instead of the quick search bar for local filtering? I've disabled the GLOBA in the thunderbird settings and the box disappears from the mail bar. But when I activate the global search box for local filtering it in the unified search addon it pops up again and can be used for filtering.

> Eh?? How would you accomplish that? Its a single, global option - its either
> enabled or disabled, you can't have it 'disabled but active for local search' -
> or I'm totally missing something...

The input field is just a GUI thing. The functionality behind it can be changed by an addon any way you like. If the indexing for global search is disabled you can still use the input field and take its input for applying local filters.Why should that be impossible?