[Bug 335067] [NEW] Search Messages "Stop" button doesn't work

[Earl Ruby]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: thunderbird

Pressing "Stop" doesn't appear to stop the search and it disables the
Search window.

I am using IMAP to connect to a Dovecot mail server with Thunderbird. If
I search a mail folder (containing many more folders and several hundred
messages) like so:

 * Right-click on the folder.
 * Click "Search"
 * Search Messages dialogue box appears with "Search for messages in [folder name]" already selected.
 * Search for "Subject contains 'xyzzy' ".
 * Click Search.

At this point the "Search" button turns into a "Stop" button and the
phrase "Searching..." appears in the status bar at the bottom of the
Search dialogue box. If I immediately click "Stop" nothing happens. The
"Stop" button remains a "Stop" button and the phrase "Searching..."
still appears in the status bar.

Eventually the search does stop but the button and status bar do not
change. At this point if I click Stop again the status bar changes to
read "No matches found" but the button remains a "Stop" button. There is
no way to start a new search at this point. You have to close the window
and open a new one to search for anything else.

On a related note, if you want to maintain one button that changes
behavior while a search is in progress that works, but it's a modal
design, and modal designs generally make for a more confusing UI. In my
opinion a better UI choice would be to have separate "Search" and "Stop"
buttons.

 * "Stop" would be greyed out (disabled) until "Search" is pressed.
 * While a search is in progress "Search" would be greyed out (disabled) and "Stop" would be enabled.
 * Once the search has completed "Stop" would be disabled and "Search" would be enabled again.
 * If someone presses "Stop" while a search is in progress the search would stop, the status bar would state something like "Search halted. No matches found" or "Search halted. 10 matches found", "Stop" would be disabled and "Search" would be enabled again.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Feb 26 10:43:24 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: mozilla-thunderbird 2.0.0.19+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/username/bin:/home/username/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: thunderbird
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-23-generic x86_64

** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug

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Search Messages "Stop" button doesn't work
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