[Tickets #7196] Re: Hitting escape in the search field doesn't clear it

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7196
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  Ticket             | 7196
  Updated By         | Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org>
  Summary            | Hitting escape in the search field doesn't clear it
  Queue              | DIMP
  Version            | HEAD
  Type               | Bug
  State              | Feedback
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             | Chuck Hagenbuch, Michael Slusarz
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Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org> (2008-08-18 13:47) wrote:

I'm not entirely convinced of that I guess In Apple Mail, for example:

- the search bar doesn't appear until you've typed something in as a  
search string, so you can tab in and out of the search box without  
mucking with your mailbox listing or doing an empty search.

- hitting escape while in the search field clears the search and hides  
the search bar

- since it's impossible to do an empty search, empty searches don't  
result in empty mailboxes. I think if we end up with nothing in the  
search filter box, we should either not run a search, or we should  
match everything - matching nothing, especially when what I've done is  
tab in and out of the search box, is really disruptive.

Clicking the search box and then outside of it does leave the search  
bar open, but it doesn't seem to run an empty search - not sure why  
the difference from tabbing in and out.