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The new Outlook search in the title bar is disconnected from the content it searches
Here's another really awful side effect of having the search bar in the title bar... When you type into it, the search suggestions and actions drop-down menu COVERS the ribbon and the "Search" tab which contains search refinement options!!! This makes the "Search" tab options completely unusable. If you click away in order to get the search suggestions to disappear, then the Search tab also disappears from the ribbon.
+1 to the list of people who notice that it prevents us from using the Search tab in the ribbon. You have to be crafty to get back to the ribbon, by clicking one of the dropdown arrows, then from there, click whatever else you're after.
E.g.
- Click into new search bar.
- Click the "Recent Searches" Search ribbon tab button's down-arrow (this hides the fly-down menu from the new search bar that covers most of the Search ribbon tab).
- Click whatever it was in the Search ribbon tab that you wanted to click in the first place.
JeremyTBradshaw much thanks for the tip on being crafty. I wouldn't have gotten there myself! At least I can search now.
Adding my vote to this being one of the worst UX changes of the decade, and it's only 2020
- I think we're supposed to drop down the search options box from the title search box and ignore the ribbon
- Way more clicks and totally inefficient for those that display the ribbon.
Old method - Ctrl +E then click the refiners on the ribbon. Super efficient. - I agree @maryb. I think you're right. Time to go de-whine-ify my other post:). I may see about removing the search ribbon tab and see how I can acclimate to the new bar.
Maybe this is the worst Idea since, I don't know, GREEDO SHOOTING FIRST!
