GMail toggle searchbar area

By Gurjeet Singh — Last update Aug 10, 2011 — Installed 19,239 times.

Announcing version 12

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Jul 25, 2011 10:47pm
Gurjeet Singh Script's Author
FirefoxX11

Hi All,

I am glad to announce the latest version of this script. No improvements over the previous versions, just the fixes to make it work with the latest version of GMail.

Sorry for such a late update.

Regards,
 
Jul 26, 2011 4:27am
Gurjeet Singh Script's Author
FirefoxX11

And now at version 13, with some code cleanup and the working(-again) feature of automatically hiding the searchbar-area when the search input box becomes empty.

I wish I could make the searchbar-area visible soon enough when the user uses the 'gl' keyboard shortcut (for Go-To-Label). The clean workaround is to first click on "Toggle Search" to make the area visible and then hitting g+l.
 
Aug 2, 2011 4:37pm
chaosavatar User
FirefoxWindows

it does not work :-(
 
Aug 3, 2011 1:46pm
Gurjeet Singh Script's Author
FirefoxX11

@chaosavatar What version of Firefox and GreaseMonkey plugin are you using? Can you also tell if anything is peculiar about your browser setup?
 
Aug 9, 2011 3:41pm
chucker123 User
FirefoxWindows

Hi Gurjeet,
-- First and foremost, thank you for the script. I have enjoyed it a lot. But it hasn't been working since Firefox 4.
-- I am on Firefox Beta branch, Firefox 6.0, but same issue has existed in Firefox 4 and Firefox 5.
-- I use Firefox in XP and Vista.
-- In my Vista, I use the latest version of the Greasemonkey, 0.9.8. But same issue existed in previous versions of Greasemonkey.
-- In my XP, I use Scriptish which is a Greasemonkey fork.
-- On both Greasemokey and scriptish, I have installed Gmail Essentials, Gmail Notifier, and UnFuck Facebook, as well as your latest version of the script.
-- I had the same list when I used Firefox 3.6.
-- I have removed and/or disabled the above list to see if there is an inter-working issue between the scripts, but with no luck.
-- I also have two gamil accounts, one uses the default theme and the other uses the Silver Lining theme.

Now :-) the problem, in both XP and Vista, is that I do not see the "Toggle Search" link. And the search area is not hidden by default. It is as if the script is not installed.
 
Aug 10, 2011 11:31am
Gurjeet Singh Script's Author
FirefoxX11

@chucker123 Thanks for the report.

I just (literally minutes ago) upgraded form Firefox 3.6 to 5.1, and have noticed this problem. So I am at it right now, and will provide an update ASAP.
 
Aug 10, 2011 11:42am
Gurjeet Singh Script's Author
FirefoxX11

@chucker123 I just uploaded a minor fix for the problem. Please try the latest version and provide feedback if it fixes your issue.

Thanks,
 
Aug 10, 2011 12:40pm
chucker123 User
FirefoxWindows

You're the man!! It works in my Vista/Firefox Beta/Greasemonkey for both gmail accounts. I will test it in my XP/Firefox Beta/Scriptish tonight. Thank you again.
 
Aug 11, 2011 11:58am
chucker123 User
FirefoxWindows

Your solution works on XP/Firefox Beta/Scriptish as well, thank you.

A question/suggestion!? When moving between labels, it appears that not all labels (specially user created labels) keep track of the toggle status. For example, say the search area is hidden. If I move from Inbox to mylabel, the search area reappears. If I go back to Inbox, the search area disappears.
 
Aug 11, 2011 9:28pm
Gurjeet Singh Script's Author
FirefoxX11

@chucker123 That behaviour is intended. This is because I haven't found any good way of showing the search-box when user hits the keyboard shortcut '/' to search the mails.

The logic is like so: if the searchbox has some contents, then show it, if the searchbox is empty then hide it; but the exception is that empty searchbox will not be hidden iff the user clicked on 'Toggle Search' to display the search area.

To illustrate this, go to a user-defined label (the searchbox should automaticalyy appear). Now delete the contents of the searchbox and you'll notice that the searchbox hides itself.
 
Aug 12, 2011 2:27pm
chucker123 User
FirefoxWindows

cool, thank you
 
Aug 14, 2011 3:21am
PanchoM User
FirefoxWindows

Dear Gurjeet Singh.
Have you tried this wonderful script on Windows 7. It doesn't work for me... also I do not see the "Toggle Search" link---
Currently running on FF 5.0.1; Windows 7 home edition...
 
Aug 17, 2011 12:38pm
Gurjeet Singh Script's Author
FirefoxX11

@PanchoM I do not have access to Windows7, so can't verify it. I don't think there's anything Windows specific in this script.

What version of GreaseMonkey plugin are you using? It may have something to do with the GM version.
 
Aug 25, 2011 8:01am
PanchoM User
FirefoxWindows

Oh¡¡¡ I'm using the 0.9.8.
Also happens something very strange. I did open my college email that is also supported by google (it's something "like" gmail) and the scripts works perfectly.
When I change to the standard @gmail.com account it doesn't work...
I'm on FF 6..
 
Aug 29, 2011 6:39pm
Gurjeet Singh Script's Author
FirefoxX11

@PanchoM That's quite weird. This shouldn't be happening. If the snippet works in one type of account (edu) then it should work in the other type of account too (public gmail).

I also use two accounts, exactly the same way as you do. One for the public emails, and the other for the corporate account. And both have been working fine since version 13.