<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" id="contacts-searching"> <info> <desc>Searching contacts.</desc> <link type="guide" xref="searching-items" /> <link type="guide" xref="contacts-organizing" /> <revision pkgversion="2.32.1" version="0.2" date="2010-10-12" status="draft"/> <credit type="author"> <name>Max Vorobuov</name> <email>vmax0770@gmail.com</email> </credit> <credit type="author"> <name>Andre Klapper</name> <email>ak-47@gmx.net</email> </credit> <credit type="author"> <name>Novell, Inc</name> </credit> <license> <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p> </license> <!-- TODO: Evo 3.0.2 also has Edit > Find in contact, and I have no idea how it exactly works. Find out! --> </info> <title>Searching Contacts</title> <section id="quick-search"> <title>Quick Search</title> <p>In the Calendar view, you can quickly search for contacts either by category or by contact's info.</p> <p>Searching by contact's info:</p> <steps> <item><p>Click the search icon <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/search-icon.png"/> to expand the drop-down list.</p></item> <item><p>Select the search condition from the list.</p></item> <item><p>Enter the text you want to search for and press <key>Enter</key>.</p></item> <item><p>Evolution displays the search results.</p></item> </steps> <p>Searching by category:</p> <steps> <item><p>Click the <gui>Show</gui> drop-down list.</p></item> <item><p>Select the category from the list.</p></item> <item><p>Evolution displays the search results.</p></item> </steps> <p>If you want to set several search conditions, you should use an Advanced search, which is described below.</p> </section> <section id="advanced-search"> <title>Advanced Search</title> <steps> <item><p>Select the <guiseq><gui>Search</gui><gui>Advanced Search</gui></guiseq> menu to open the dialog box.</p></item> <item><p>Click <gui style="button">Add Condition</gui> to add any number of rules.</p></item> <item><p>Select the condition from the dropdown list, and then type a search entry in the field.</p></item> <item><p>Click <gui style="button">OK</gui> to get the search results displayed.</p></item> </steps> </section> <!-- TODO:XINCLUDE: Needs refactoring as clearing-search and saved-searches are totally identical in all *-searching.page files --> <section id="clearing-search"> <title>Clearing the Search results</title> <p>To clear your search view and get back to the default view, click the <gui>Clear</gui> icon in the search string field, or choose <guiseq><gui>Search</gui><gui>Clear</gui></guiseq> from the menubar. You can also press <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>Q</key></keyseq> to clear the search.</p> </section> <section id="saved-searches"> <title>Saved Searches</title> <p>If you search for something rather often, you will prefer not to type it many times. In this case you can use saved searches.</p> <p>To save your search results, either click <gui>Save</gui> instead of <gui>OK</gui> in the Search dialog, or in case the search results are already displayed, select <guiseq><gui>Search</gui><gui>Save Search</gui></guiseq>. From now on this search will be directly available from the <gui>Search</gui> menu.</p> </section> <section id="editing-a-saved-search"> <title>Editing a Saved Search</title> <steps> <item><p>Select <guiseq><gui>Search</gui><gui>Edit Saved Searches</gui></guiseq> from the menu bar to open the window.</p></item> <item><p>Click the <gui style="button">Edit</gui> button to open the <gui>Edit Rule</gui> window.</p></item> <item><p>Edit the title or search conditions from the dialog box.</p></item> <item><p>Click <gui>OK</gui>.</p></item> </steps> </section> </page>