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Turn the Search - Ctrl K non-editable box into a compact icon to recover some vertical screen estate #2471

@HammyHavoc

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@HammyHavoc

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What would you like to do?

I would love to be able to get rid of this:

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Why would you like to do it?

Clicking it reveals yet another search box, but this time it's in the center of the window in a modal pop-under. It makes absolutely no sense why it would be a huge UI element on top of your list like that.

Recovering some much-needed vertical screen estate would be nice as it's all space that could be displaying more of my list instead of non-functional clutter that I'm surprised has lingered this long in the client. Would make Element Desktop look so much cleaner and appealing!

How would you like to achieve it?

Put the magnifying glass icon and nothing else but that next to the + atop the list view.

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Have you considered any alternatives?

Element Desktop is king for Matrix protocol as far as I'm concerned.

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Love Element Desktop. Keep up the great work! :- )

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