+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #878129 +++ today, when moving between one main tab to another, the search query is being "reset" to the "default" search-query associated with each main tab. e.g. when selecting the Hosts main tab, search query will be "reset" to the Hosts' main-tab default search query, i.e. "Hosts:". the request here is: upon selection of main tab "x", update the search query to the last search query that was applied while on main tab "x". example: - login to the application - [VMs main tab is displayed by default, search query is "VMs:"] - change search query to: "VMs: name = a". apply search. - [VMs main grid is filtered based on the newly-applied search query] - select the Hosts main tab - [Hosts main tab is displayed, search query is changed to "Hosts:"] - change search query to: "Hosts: cluster = Default or cluster = b*". apply search. - [Hosts main grid is filtered based on the newly applied search query] - select the VMs main grid - [VMs main tab is displayed] - [** current results: search query is changed to "VMs:"] - [** expected results: search query is changed to the last VMs query: "VMs: name = a"] - select the Hosts main grid - [Hosts main tab is displayed] - [** current results: search query is changed to "Hosts:"] - [** expected results: search query is changed to: "Hosts: cluster = Default or cluster = b*"] note: only query texts in the System context (i.e. when the 'System' tree-node is selected in the System tree) need to be remembered. when going into the tree-context (i.e. selecting something other than System), need to retain the current behavior. same for the tags-tree context.
This RFE reminds me of another (somewhat similar) RFE where users could control search query via URL -> bookmark-able WebAdmin URLs that set search query to given value: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1081028
oVirt 3.6.0 has been released on November 4th, 2015 and should fix this issue. If problems still persist, please open a new BZ and reference this one.