Thanks for the information. So let's consider it's a bug & let's hope Evo will 'evolve' in a better way for searching in the calendar!
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:28:21 +1000 Nick Jenkins <nic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 discussed in that bug from 2002 sounds a bit out-of-date now, but the 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 -- RZ <new...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
