thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Full-text offline (local) search
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type: enhancement
- Dominant language
- Kotlin
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Description
Checklist
- I have used the search function to see if someone else has already submitted the same feature request.
- I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.
- This issue only contains a request for one single feature, not multiple (related) features.
App version
6.400
Problem you are trying to solve
When searching for computer while I am offline, e-mails containing computers do not appear. This was asked for an online search in #699.
Suggested solution
When searching for computer while I am offline, e-mails containing computers should appear.
Screenshots / Drawings / Technical details
No response
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue does not identify files, tests, or an entry point. Trace the offline search implementation and its relevant tests first; done means an offline search for “computer” also returns emails containing “computers,” with coverage for that behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile-dev, search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100