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Outlook on the web -- Search tools appear whether I want them or not!
Hi all,
An apparent recent behaviour change that is frustrating me immensely when using Outlook on the web is the default assumption that I want to use Search tools. I now get automatically moved to this even if I'm searching with the "Home" menu option as my default.
This is infuriatingly annoying. Before this started happening if I wanted to do some manipulation of the search results (eg a batch "Archive" of them) I can just select what I want, then hit the ""Archive" tool in the "Home" menu (ie right where I was!). Now, because Microsoft assume I can't cope without their "Helpful" search options I have to do an extra click, back to where I was, to achieve the same results. When manipulating a lot of mail, this is deeply, deeply infuriating.
Anyone know of a workaround? Or can we consider changing the search menu to include some tools too (delete, archive, etc)?
Note to be clear this is specific to the Outlook Web interface -- I don't know what happens in the desktop app.
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The Search Ribbon tab is indeed rolling out to Outlook on the Web for Business/Enterprise/Education. As far as I know, it is not yet rolling out to (a large part of) Outlook.com accounts.
This experience makes it more in line with how it works in Classic Outlook and now New Outlook as well.
At the moment, it is indeed not configurable, and you're taken to the Search tab whether you like it or not.
Note however that any keyboard shortcuts still work and that the right click menu on an email is pretty much the same as the Home tab for all major actions. This might be an alternative to you instead of switching to the Home tab. To see available keyboard shortcuts, press the question mark key on your keyboard.
You can provide feedback about this feature change and suggest improvements by using the Feedback button on the Help tab.
Hi Siddie, I tried to see what is going on with my OWA and search but it doesn't show what you see. Have you tried another browser? Or incognito mode?
