467183 - Address book search view: Want greater configurability & editability

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 118976

(Thunderbird :: Address Book, enhancement)

Description

[Richard]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008103100 SUSE/3.0.4-3.1 Firefox/3.0.4
Build Identifier: 2.0.0.18 (20081112)

Strong desire to add notes field to the columns in AB search view (other fields not currently supported could be handy too), and to be able to edit directly in the search results.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Edgardo]

Yes, this is a very useful improvement.
Every field should be searchable.
The default search from the search bar, should look in every field.

Comment 2

[Edgardo]

This other request is related:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=598581
Bug 598581 - [advanced search] Add the remaining contact fields for use in the advanced search

Please remember to add your vote following the link next to the "Importance" field above !

Comment 3

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

(In reply to Richard from comment #0)

Richards, thanks for your valid and useful RFE, which is appreciated even though we're generally lacking the manpower to implement all those goodies...

You certainly have a point to bundle these together as they all relate to main AB view, but for ease of administration and better chances of implementation, pls try to file one small issue per bug.
So let's start dissecting ;) ...

> Strong desire to add notes field to the columns in AB search view (other
> fields not currently supported could be handy too)

Yep, that's on record as bug 118976, to which I'll duplicate this bug.

> and to be able to edit
> directly in the search results.

Indeed, that would be so nice, and is a very old wish: bug 92321.

We're lagging behind on AB as a new AB has been in the pipe for some time but hasn't seen the light yet, so volunteers might be shy to invest work in existing AB (although it's certainly worth it as you never know...)

(In reply to Edgardo from comment #1)
> Yes, this is a very useful improvement.
> Every field should be searchable.
> The default search from the search bar, should look in every field.

Edgardo, sure, that's AB quicksearch bug 298438.

(In reply to Edgardo from comment #2)
> This other request is related:
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=598581
> Bug 598581 - [advanced search] Add the remaining contact fields for use in
> the advanced search

Indeed these bugs are somehow in the same area, but we need to keep things apart as found in the current UI, where Advanced AB search isn't the same as AB quicksearch found in the main AB view.

> Please remember to add your vote following the link next to the "Importance"
> field above !

Thanks for encouraging others to vote, that's an often neglected feature of bmo bug management.