alecpl
commented
6 years ago There was no wastebin button in my initial implementation, but then I added it as an improvement ;)
I see at least one usability issue with your proposal. To close the searchbar without resetting a search you can click outside of the bar. No problem on desktop, but on phone you don't really have a place where you could tap to do this without invoking other actions.
How to reproduce: click on the search symbol search for an E-Mail click on the "x"
actual result: clicking on the x-symbol leads to closing the search field. The sample of displayed E-Mails stays filtered for the searched term. For ending the search one has to first erase the term via the wastebin symbol and than close the search window (with "x")
Expected result Pressing the "x" should automatically do both: Deleting the search term and closing the serach field.
Having only one button does not rise the question, which one does what. Combining the functions ending & closing the search eliminates the risk of not noticing an active search. Furthermore, the symbol of a wastebin implies to result in deleting something and one is note sure that this "something" will not be the searched and found e-mails. So there is a high inhibition threshold to click on the symbol.
The task is for mobile and desktop. (Below the mobile version)
https://git.kolab.org/file/data/h6bjsnzmxeylnxcrtpjy/PHID-FILE-swycmwxzus2wmtfcaiir/Screenshot_20171129-111039.png