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Originally Posted by BetterRed
@ chaley - slightly 
Would it be possible to reinstate the three blue bars button as a permanent feature of the search bar, but one that only gets displayed when there is an active search in effect. I'm thinking of what is done with the Close VL button - ie its only there when a VL has been selected.
If the button was only present when it was relevant, then users would not be able to inadvertently click on it when there was no active search - which I believe was the original problem.
BR |
This is a damned if you do and damned of you don't sort of thing. There have been many times that I wish I hadn't built this feature.
The button was removed because people clicked on it and forgot, or perhaps didn't even know that they clicked on something. Lots of people. Bug report after bug report. That won't change if the button is there part time. In fact it might get worse. Does the button show when find duplicates sets the mode? Does it show if the preference is set? It seems that any choice we make will leave the opportunity for confusion.
I might be able to accept the case for showing the button if the mode is set, but I am not sure. The question will then become "why does this button come and go, and what does it do that?" Is this better than what we have now? Is it change for changes sake? And in any event, Kovid has the last word.