(In reply to thunderbird-bugzilla from comment #6) > Previously, as best I recall, when in that half focus state, returning to the message pane and clicking the delete button in the message header area would once again capture focus on the message when I would click delete (and properly delete it). Yes, the delete button itself would be focused, so the message would be deleted in any case. However, the button kept the focus, so just hitting the Enter or Space afterwards key would delete the next displayed message right away, so… > So it sounds like the fix for the other bug is related in the sense that tbird won't take an action like deletion until the message has been separately and affirmatively been fully focused on again - perhaps? With bug 1973294 fixed, the currently displayed message is simply deleted, regardless where the current focus is, without the issue described above.
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(In reply to thunderbird-bugzilla from comment #6) > Previously, as best I recall, when in that half focus state, returning to the message pane and clicking the delete button in the message header area would once again capture focus on the message when I would click delete (and properly delete it). Yes, the delete button itself would be focused, so the message would be deleted in any case. However, the button kept the focus, so just hitting the Enter or Space key afterwards would delete the next displayed message right away, so… > So it sounds like the fix for the other bug is related in the sense that tbird won't take an action like deletion until the message has been separately and affirmatively been fully focused on again - perhaps? With bug 1973294 fixed, the currently displayed message is simply deleted, regardless where the current focus is, without the issue described above.