widgets/search: display the number of matching messages in the thread

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/alot/db/thread.py b/alot/db/thread.py
index 13ddabda..b6634b57 100644
--- a/alot/db/thread.py
+++ b/alot/db/thread.py
@@ -214,3 +214,14 @@ class Thread:
         thread_query = 'thread:%s AND (%s)' % (self.id, query)
         num_matches = self._dbman.count_messages(thread_query)
         return num_matches > 0
+
+    def count_matches(self, query):
+        """
+        Count the number of messags in this thread that match the given notmuch
+        query.
+
+        :param query: The query to check against
+        :type query: string
+        """
+        thread_query = 'thread:%s AND (%s)' % (self.id, query)
+        return self._dbman.count_messages(thread_query)