Kmail quick search ALT+q doesn't work anymore

I can’t exactly say since when, but quick search in the message list in kmail (Alt + q) doesn’t work anymore. Normal search (s) does work, but it’s much more complicated than Alt + q. Maybe it is connected to an update? Or did I accidentally switch it of without noticing? If so, where can I find this switch?

I am not a lover of hot-keys, but I looked into Settings > Configure hot-keys. And yes, it is there, but Alt+Q there says something like: Goto quick Search Bar. And yes, I do have a quick search bar and alt+q sets the cursor in it.

So my questions are:

  1. did you check if that hot key is still in the hot key list?
  2. do you have the quick search bar, else IMHO it will be problematic to jump to it?

answerts to

  1. yes, the hotkey is still there
  2. no, the quick search bar has vanished (and I have no idea why and how to get it back)

Settings → Show Quick Search Bar

To let the bar appear, you must have selected a directory or something on the left side once.

I can activate quick search from the menu “Settings->quicksearch” (translated from German “Einstellungen->Schnellsuche anzeigen”) or Ctrl+H .

OK, that did the job. Thanks a lot. I use on a daily base and missed it a lot. I guess, I accidentally pressed Crtl+H. No idea, why I didn’t find it myself.

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