277018 - "Find In Message" wording is confusing

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Cody 'codeman38' Boisclair]

I've several times been tripped up by the wording of the options in
Thunderbird's Quick Search box-- specifically, in choosing between the options
"Entire Message" and "Find in Message".

It's not that I don't understand the difference between the two options-- I
realize that "entire message" searches for text in all messages in a folder,
while "find in message" searches only the active message.  Still, I always have
to think about which is the proper option to select, because the names are so
similar-- and I'm an experienced TB user; I imagine it's likely even more
puzzling to new users who aren't experienced with Thunderbird.

The addition of a single word would make the distinction much clearer-- namely,
changing the latter option to read "Find In This Message", like its
corresponding item in Edit-Find.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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