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Search results in (partially) encrypted rooms misleading (Element Web only) #14715

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rda0 opened this issue Jul 23, 2020 · 3 comments
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rda0 commented Jul 23, 2020

Element Web does not include encrypted messages in search results and therefore shows "No results" for encrypted rooms. It may also show some incomplete results if the room was not encrypted from the beginning. This misleads users thinking the search function is broken.

There should be a hint in the UI (triggered by search button, input field or search result) that they are better off with Element Desktop, when actually trying to search.

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Hello, you need to install the desktop app to search among the encrypted messages. This function is not implemented in Element Web.

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dbkr commented Jul 23, 2020

Dup of #12896 basically

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rda0 commented Jul 23, 2020

sorry, didn't find that issue

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