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Le thread ibilondoloziwe. Nceda ubuze umbuzo omtsha ukuba ufuna uncedo.

Are there options to set preferences/filters for the message search results?

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Today auto-update installed TB 78.4.0 on my pc. I see fancy stuff like new icons in the folder pane and a timeline in the message search but I cannot find a settings to always show search results as list. Is there a way to have change the default according to user preference? I also cannot find a way to restrict the search to a specific part like sender, subject etc. as I can do on the quick filter toolbar. If I search for things like e. g. amazon in my messages, I get too many results and I cannot find an easy way to search only my latest transactions for something like order number or order amount.

Today auto-update installed TB 78.4.0 on my pc. I see fancy stuff like new icons in the folder pane and a timeline in the message search but I cannot find a settings to always show search results as list. Is there a way to have change the default according to user preference? I also cannot find a way to restrict the search to a specific part like sender, subject etc. as I can do on the quick filter toolbar. If I search for things like e. g. amazon in my messages, I get too many results and I cannot find an easy way to search only my latest transactions for something like order number or order amount.

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Classic Search (Ctrl+Shift+F) searches by account and has more options than the Quick Filter Bar (see picture).

There was an add-on to show Global Search results as a list by default, but it's for TB 60. I'm not aware of a preference to do the same.

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Isisombululo esiKhethiweyo

Classic Search (Ctrl+Shift+F) searches by account and has more options than the Quick Filter Bar (see picture).

There was an add-on to show Global Search results as a list by default, but it's for TB 60. I'm not aware of a preference to do the same.

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Thanks for the hint with classic search. It's a shame that "list view" cannot be set as the results default as this is much more usable if there are many results.

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The issue has been discussed for 10 years, with no built-in resolution in sight:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580252