[Evolution] [SOLVED] Re: How to view "replied" flag

[William Oliver <vendor billoblog com>]

On Fri, 2022-01-14 at 19:08 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote:
> On Fri, 2022-01-14 at 12:06 -0500, William Oliver wrote:
> > I just bought a new laptop and installed Ubuntu.  My new evolution
> > installation sets up  fine, except for two things:
>
> Please remember to tell us what version of Evolution you are using.
> The
> distro means nothing to most people.

It's 3.40.4-1 




> > 1) In my previous installation, when I replied to an email, a flag
> > would come up and let me know.  I don't see that here.  I tried to
> > add
> > a column but "replied"is not a column option that comes up.  A
> > quick
> > internet search does not show a solution.  How do I turn that on?
>
> There's no replied flag as such (and I can't remember there ever
> being
> one). The indication of a replied to message is a change of icon in
> the
> status column
>
> >


See below.



> > 2) In the search bar, I have to erase the search term to clear it. 
> > In
> > my previous installation, there was a little widget on the far
> > right of
> > the search bar that would clear on a click.  It's not the end of
> > the
> > world to have to delete the search term, but the little widget was
> > convenient.  How do I turn that on again?
> That should still be there.
>
> It may be that your desktop icon theme is missing some icons that
> Evolution needs. The default Gnome theme is Adwaita, see if things
> re-
> appear if you can use that (at least temporarily).
>
> P.


Bingo! Thanks a lot. I changed icon themes, and sure enough, both the
little erasure widget *and* "status" in the "add column" pop up
appeared.

Thanks for that.


billo