> I don't know if I'm missing something but when a search an event on > the calendar, Evo shows no results. I have to manually scroll the > months until I find the keyword I was looking for, meaning that if an > event was 10 years ago I have to scroll 12x10 pages before I get to > the search results.
Yes, I've run into this too, knowing that there was a matching appointment in my calendar from many months ago, and having to scroll through 6+ screens looking for the one visible/matching appointment that matches the text I typed in the "search" box. The basic usage scenario is outlined in https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230449 - "calendar search interface is less useful than it could be". The dialog box solutions discussed in that bug from 2002 sounds a bit out-of-date now, but the same search problem remains. In terms of a more modern design, perhaps ideally there should be "previous" and "next" buttons on either side of the "search" box, when in the day/week/month calendar views, that would jump to the previous/next match? Ideally, should probably also jump to first match found on pressing the enter key. > If you want a list view, pick it in the toolbar. Ideally the user probably should not have to switch views in order to search. (e.g. I set the views how they like them and then leave them alone, and I suspect the majority of users do the same). But, leaving that aside, I have just tested it, and the search in the list view seems to have a bug, so that when searching it only finds matches within the current month. Steps to reproduce: * Switch to calendar. (View -> Window -> Calendars) * Switch to month view. (View -> Current View -> Month View) * Add an appointment on 4-May-2010 called "RBA interest rate decision". * Add another appointment on 1-June-2010 also called "RBA interest rate decision". * In the "summary contains" search box, type "RBA" and press enter. * Scroll the calendar and observe that that 2 appointments added previously match / are visible. * Select a date in May (e.g. click on 6-May-2010, by going "Go To -> May -> 2010 -> 6") * Go View -> Current View -> List view. * Observe that only one item appears in the list view, not two. The one that appears is the one from 4-May-2010. Above happens on Evo 2.28.1, with a local calendar. The list-view only matching results in the current month is a known problem, and is logged as https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=612602 - "After searching in Calendar, 'List View' button does not work" ... although "'List View' searches only work for appointments in current month" is possibly a better summary. As a result of the above 2 bugzilla entries, it appears that there is currently no really satisfactory way to search the calendar over a wide range of time (e.g. the 10 years of appointments I have in my calendar). Searching over a single month or less of time is fine, but for a longer timeframe Evo's calendar search currently does not scale. -- All the best, Nick. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list