[Users] [Bug 4106] Quick search "Clear" button remains disabled unless Enter is pressed after entering text

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https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4106

--- Comment #5 from Marco van Hulten <marco at hulten.org> ---
To me the user interface feels at least internally consistent.  Claws Mail
takes it step by step.  Some examples:
- By default Type-ahead is not turned on, because that does a search for every
edit you make in the search field.  It is too quick for the user.
- When Type-ahead is turned off, you first compose your search query, then you
submit that query (by pressing Enter), and only then you can remove the query
again.
- It reminds me of adding filtering rules.  You first need to define a
Condition and Action, and then you still need to Add it.  You could define a
Condition and Action through a similar way: first say what you want, and then
add it to the list of conditions and actions.

All this feels a bit circuitous, but it works.  Maybe more importantly, it is
wat Claws Mail users expect.

I a long-time Claws Mail user, but I would not mind if Type-ahead is turned on
by default, or even if you could clear an unexecuted search query.  However, I
hope that there won't come changes in the user interface that seem unnecessary
while we need to relearn how the program works.  (Compare, for instance, with
what happened to the keybindings from mplayer to mpv.)

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