Search Bar

[André Lemos]

Antonio Mathias Rüdiger Verona wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I'm newcomer on this list. I don't know if anyone did the suggestion
> bellow before, I didn't find it anywhere.
>
> At my job I need to use the Microsoft Communicator, its "enterprise"
> version of MSN. It have a good thing: a contact search bar on top of
> contact list. Just typing a few characters, it give all contacts with
> these chars. Its very useful when you have a lot of people on your
> list.
>
> What you think about implement this mechanism on Pidgin too?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Mathias
>
> PS: A image of Communicator:
> http://newweb.cistera.com/nucleus/media/2/20060624-58027_335x620_Communicator_.gif
>   

In pidgin just start typing with your contact list in focus. It is very 
far from intuitive, but it does what you need.