Re: [Evolution] Keyboard shortcuts and Search bar

[Milan Crha <mcrha redhat com>]

On Fri, 2019-04-12 at 00:00 +0200, Lukas Pirl wrote:
> > What is the accel file entry (default) for jumping or getting in to
> > the ’Search bar’ -AND- Can we configure a custom shortcut for
> > jumping to the Search bar?

        Hi,
it's not an action, it's a widget in a dialog, for which are used
mnemonics. When you hold the Alt key, some letters get underlined in
the UI, showing you what to press to have that triggered (maybe the
underline visibility depends on the actual desktop environment and its
settings, I do not know). For the search entry it's Altr+C here
(English locale, the translators can choose a different letter).

> once the focus is in the search input, how to focus the message list
> again?

Tab, Tab, Tab (3-times Tab) works here. The first Tab focuses the "in"
part of the Search (aka "Current Folder"), the second Tab focuses the
To Do bar (when you've it hidden, it'll be two Tab-s only), the third
Tab focuses the message list.

> Something like "Esc" would be nice to "clear the search and focus the
> message list".

This would work if the search bar is that kind of the search bar, like
the Ctrl+Shift+F bar. I've been thinking of that, it would make the UI
slightly lighter too (showing the Show: ... Search:" part only if any
filtering is enabled from it), but it's not the current state. The Esc
won't work well when the Search is empty and the Show has set anything
but the All Message item, though it's a matter of allowing the Esc to
disable both parts, not a matter of code/design/... obstacles. Well,
once the bar is changed, which is not the case now. Something close to
your request seems to be filled here [1] (the request can be fine-tuned 
there).
        Bye,
        Milan

[1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211802