1751304 - Re-implement a keyboard shortcut for new Address Book's quick search (Ctrl+Shift+K)

Status: NEW

(Thunderbird :: Address Book, defect)

Description

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

Attachment: Screenshot 1: New AB quick search box

Searching is a frequently recurring task while using the Address Book, which definitely deserves a keyboard shortcut.

Expected:

• When AB tab has focus, allow accessing the search box with a keyboard shortcut.
• Ctrl+Shift+K looks like a suitable quick search/filter shortcut (cf. 3-pane).

Note:

• We should probably not use Ctrl+K (xref: bug 1715043), to allow starting a global search from the AB tab.
• We should probably not use Ctrl+F as that's the browser search, and might be useful for searching contact data displayed on the right.
• Ctrl+Shift+F used to be Advanced AB search, which is no longer available atm.

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Will this require strings?
Or is it likely we will be able to borrow existing strings.

Comment 2

[Alessandro Castellani [:aleca]]

Old strings haven't been deleted, they're still there so we can still use them.