[Users] Recursive searching.

[Liz]

On Sun, 1 Aug 2021 12:17:24 +1200
Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:

> I asked recently how to turn on recursive searching, and got no useful
> responses.
> 
> However I managed to figure it out, and thought that I would post my
> solution, so that others might benefit.
> 
> Just beneath the wee magnifying glass icon that one clicks on, to
> initiate a "Quick Search" there is a drop-down menu that one uses to
> choose what to search on ("Subject", "From", etc.).  At the bottom of
> this drop-down menu there is an area that contains a number of
> options. The first of these is "Recursive".  Click on the wee square
> next to the word "Recursive" and a check mark will appear in the
> square.  Recursive searching is then turned on.
> 
> I must have, at some time in the past, inadvertently clicked on that
> square and toggled recursive searching off.  The drop-down menu is a
> bit unstable, making it rather too easy to fumble-finger.
> 
> I hope someone finds this helpful.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Rolf Turner
> 

Certainly.
It seems I've got 'recursive' ticked, and also 'sticky'.
What does sticky do?

Liz