2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libempathy-gtk/empathy-individual-view.c b/libempathy-gtk/empathy-individual-view.c
index 7882123f7..369933e6a 100644
--- a/libempathy-gtk/empathy-individual-view.c
+++ b/libempathy-gtk/empathy-individual-view.c
@@ -2221,6 +2221,19 @@ empathy_individual_view_set_live_search (EmpathyIndividualView *view,
 }
 
 gboolean
+empathy_individual_view_is_searching (EmpathyIndividualView *self)
+{
+  EmpathyIndividualViewPriv *priv;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (EMPATHY_IS_INDIVIDUAL_VIEW (self), FALSE);
+
+  priv = GET_PRIV (self);
+
+  return (priv->search_widget != NULL &&
+          gtk_widget_get_visible (priv->search_widget));
+}
+
+gboolean
 empathy_individual_view_get_show_offline (EmpathyIndividualView *self)
 {
   EmpathyIndividualViewPriv *priv;
diff --git a/libempathy-gtk/empathy-individual-view.h b/libempathy-gtk/empathy-individual-view.h
index ce3c95ce3..9d6cec0fe 100644
--- a/libempathy-gtk/empathy-individual-view.h
+++ b/libempathy-gtk/empathy-individual-view.h
@@ -102,5 +102,8 @@ void empathy_individual_view_set_show_offline (
     EmpathyIndividualView *view,
     gboolean show_offline);
 
+gboolean empathy_individual_view_is_searching (
+    EmpathyIndividualView *view);
+
 G_END_DECLS
 #endif /* __EMPATHY_INDIVIDUAL_VIEW_H__ */