Sometimes I become trapped inside the Search box

[TigBuh99]

Occasionally I find that no matter what keystroke I use, everything is entered in the Search box and I simply cannot get out of it using the keyboard. The only solution is to use my mouse in order to clear the accumulated keystrokes in the Search box.

[opto]

does using (multiple) esc help?

[salzrat]

Having the same problem - no, Esc just puts the letters "esc" into the search box. You have to click once with the mouse in the search box then it works...

[TigBuh99]

Multiple ESC doesn't help, but it simply adds it in the search box. As @salzrat wrote above.

[Olifair]

I can confirm, too. Same thing here. But I haven't figured out yet under what conditions one gets "trapped". I will try to keep my eyes open.

[internationils]

I've had the same thing when moving a mail to a folder (and then not wanting to), with ESC or DEL showing up. Had to click elsewhere on the bottom status bar to get out

[internationils]

TB102.4.0 N3.6.1

[ungeahnt]

issue can be reproduced (Win8.1, TB102.4.0 (64-Bit)):

1. use shortcut "s" or "g", so that search box becomes active
2. click with the mouse to another e-mail or folder in Thunderbird
3. after this the cursor is 'trapped' and ESC-key no longer works as expected and it writes only 'Escape' in the search box).
4. any click on the status bar is necessary to end this

In practice, the problem occurs when I enter a search term that doesn't exist (between step 1. and 2.) and I do not explicitly quit the search with ESC (e.g. because I click directly on another e-mail or on a folder in the directory tree).

I think the search box should be closed when a mouse click appears outside the search box / result list.

[TigBuh99]

issue can be reproduced (Win8.1, TB102.4.0 (64-Bit)):

1. use shortcut "s" or "g", so that search box becomes active
2. click with the mouse to another e-mail or folder in Thunderbird
3. after this the cursor is 'trapped' and ESC-key no longer works as expected and it writes only 'Escape' in the search box).
4. any click on the status bar is necessary to end this

In practice, the problem occurs when I enter a search term that doesn't exist (between step 1. and 2.) and I do not explicitly quit the search with ESC (e.g. because I click directly on another e-mail or on a folder in the directory tree).

I think the search box should be closed when a mouse click appears outside the search box / result list.

I can confirm the above also on Windows 11 v.22H2 TB 102.4.1 (64 bit)

[szmontsaroff]

I can confirm for Windows 10 as well.

[doegox]

It occurs also under Linux. TH102.4.2 Nostalgy++ 3.6.1

[opto]

the bad things is that we test for this already: if (ev.key == "Escape") but it seems it does no longer work (it did when I introduced that a long time ago)

[opto]

this follows ungeahnt's proposal to close box on blur for input box: https://github.com/opto/nostalgy-xpi/releases/tag/v3.6.12

[doegox]

Thanks! It fixes the issue for me

[ungeahnt]

Thx! solved also for me

but it seems it does no longer work (it did when I introduced that a long time ago)

"The only constant is change." ;)

this follows ungeahnt's proposal to close box on blur for input

... I hope this doesn't affect other functions/user

[TigBuh99]

Based on a quick test I can conclude that it's fixed for me too.

[tonycanike]

Thank you! Fixed it for me, this was a distracting problem, glad it's resolved.

[opto]

resolved