zulip/zulip-terminal

Globally refocus after search

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#1,049 opened on Jun 7, 2021

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Description

We currently can locally refocus back to the index before panel search in the left and right column. A more useful feature would be to focus back to where it was before search if it was not in the stream/topic/user list. Eg: If we are in the message view and press q, escaping should bring us back to that message.

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Review the current refocus implementation in the left/right column search. Understand the keypress handling (e.g., 'q') and how focus is tracked. Identify where focus should be stored before search and how to restore it globally.
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python
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cli
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2
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1-3 hours
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