Re: [Pan-users] Re: One confusing thing about the 'group search' widget

[Steve Davies]

On 9/22/06, Thufir <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:32:04 +0000, walt wrote:
[snip]
> >
> > The only time I search for group names in the Group Pane is
> > when I want to investigate a group I'm not already subscribed
> > to.  (I have a very short 'Subscribed' list -- so no need to
> > search it.)
> >
> > So.  I type alt.foo in the search widget, and then start reading
> > alt.foo in the headers pane, and all is good.
> >
> > But, when I return to my usual 'subscribed' groups, the list
> > of subscribed groups is blank -- because alt.foo is not in my
> > list of subscribed groups, yet 'alt.foo' is still in the group-
> > search widget.
> >
> > IMO, the group-search widget should be blanked out any time
> > I return to the Groups Pane.  My reason for searching for
> > alt.foo is gone -- I've already found it and decided not to
> > subscribe.
> >
> > Any contrary opinions?
>
> Nope, I concur with you, and, IMHO, it's a bug.
And I have to disagree, and instead agree with Darren's post - The
above suggestion would prevent me from filtering my subscribed groups.

Perhaps one possible solution is to have a search-term history
dropdown, and a button to clear the current search selection.

Steve