[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 386893] Re: Searching within a notebook should inform the user that no results were found within that notebook

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Title:
  Searching within a notebook should inform the user that no results
  were found within that notebook

Status in Ayatana Ubuntu Love Project:
  New
Status in Tomboy:
  Confirmed
Status in “tomboy” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: tomboy

  This is a small, but simple, bit of polish that I'd really like.  I
  was searching for one of my notes, so I typed some words in it into
  the search bar.  No results were found, and I was sure I had a note
  named like that, leaving me momentarily confused.  It took me a bit to
  realize that I was searching within a specific notebook, and that
  tomboy was confining my search to that notebook in particular.

  So, my suggestion is relatively simple - when the user is searching
  within a notebook and no results are found, write something like "No
  results within this notebook found" in the area where the search
  results normally appear.

  Since the user's next action there will usually be to search all
  notebooks instead, it would also be nice to offer to do this for the
  user.  So something like "No results within this notebook found.
  Click here to search across all notes."  Clicking there would then
  have the same effect as clicking on All Notes.

  
  Another case to consider is when the user finds a note while searching within a notebook, but not all of them.  Here the system could (in the background) scan all the notebooks when a notebook-specific search is done, and then if other matches are found say something like "4 matching notes were found in other notebooks".

  Anyway, even if only part of these suggestions are tried, it would
  probably improve the user experience, especially for new users to
  tomboy who don't yet know that searches are confined to a particular
  notebook.  Thank you!

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: amd64
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: tomboy 0.14.0-0ubuntu1
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: tomboy
  Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64