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<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="3.3.91" version="0.3" date="2012-02-19" 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 Contacts 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>
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