152983 - Bookmarks Search is not functional

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 95748

(SeaMonkey :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Paul Gorodyansky]

Bookmarks is an HTML text, so we need the thing that exists for a regular HTML 
text/page -
   "Edit / Find in this page",
otherwise the Bookmark Search is _useless_:

it shows me the found link in a _separate window_ instead of placing me into the
needed part of my HUGE Bookmarks (as Netscape 4.79 did):

at work for example, I am often asked to provide some information ASAP, say
"What is the Character Set Encoding name for Vietnamiese?"

I do remember that needed links are in the same part of my _huge_ Bookmarks file 
where UTF-8 related links are, so in Netscape 4.79 I do:
 - Ctrl/B to open Bookmarks window
 - Ctrl/F and type UTF

Now I am in the _needed part of my list of links_ and - 3 lines below - the found 
one - I see desired link to Encoding names page!

In Mozilla the above (again, needed very often) is *impossible* -
Bookmarks Search will show me that UTF-8 related link in a separate
window - it's NOT what I wanted, it's useless.

Regular Web pages do have an option 
"Edit / Find in this page", so I guess it's VERY important to have such option 
in the Bookmars window, too - then a user will be able to find needed part of
her/his large list of links.

May be this one should be included into Bookmarks enhancements project
mentioned in the bug 110313 (at the very bottom)

Comment 1

[Paul Gorodyansky]

Instead of the simple "Edit / Find in this page" that looks only for the HTML
text, it would be great to have in-page search as powerful as it was in Netscape
4.79 -
"Edit / Find in Bookmarks" there (in a Bookmarks windows) allowed to search not
just in the Name but also in URL (Location).

Comment 2

[Cees T.]

I agree. It's very annoying to not know where the search results are located in
a huge bookmarks file with lotsa folders.

Comment 3

[Paul Gorodyansky]

Two notes from Mozilla/Netscape Newsgroups:
===============
Subject:  Re: Bookmarks
Date:  Sat, 08 Jun 2002 16:51:27 -0700
From:  Peter Trudelle <[e-mail]>

I agree completely, the heavyweight search may be useful to some, but it 
should not replace the basic Find feature that finds things where they 
are.  I hope to be able to overhaul this area in the next release.  
===============

and another one:
snews://secnews.netscape.com/3CFFFB8D.8030009%40enter.net

Comment 4

[Jay O'Brien]

More comments on this issue: 
http://obri.net/ns/home.html#020609c
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This reference includes this statement among others:
in 4.79, I could search for name, location and
description ALL AT THE SAME TIME. This is a big time saver
in locating bookmarks. In 4.79, I would bring up
Bookmarks|Edit, hit ctrl-f and search for something that
could be in name, location or description. It was fast and
efficient.
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Comment 5

[Cees T.]

This might be a duplicate of bug 56418.

Comment 6

[Cees T.]

More accuratly, this bug is a duplicate of bug 95748.

Comment 7

[Green Bunny]

The "Find" feature in Netscape 7's bookmarks is HORRIBLE!!

Even when a bookmark is there, "Find" refuses to find it!

When will we be able to search bookmarks like we did in 4.7, which worked GREAT?!!

Please reply!!

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Comment 8

[Torben]

Definitely a dupe.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 95748 ***