589452 - When last message is marked deleted, it should jump back to the last non-deleted message (mark as deleted)

Status: NEW

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect)

Description

[Hendrik Maryns]

I have set TB to just mark messages as deleted (as Googlemail recommends).  If I delete the last message in a folder, the focus stays on that message.  It should rather jump back to the last non-deleted message before it, or, if there is none, loose the focus and show the start screen.

Comment 1

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Does it happens in safe-mode (http://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode) ?

Comment 2

[Hendrik Maryns]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Does it happens in safe-mode
> (http://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode) ?

Yes.

Comment 3

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Are you using the unified folder view ?

Comment 4

[Hendrik Maryns]

Both in ‘All folders’ as well as in ‘Unified folders’.

I also noticed that after hitting delete, the message gets striked, then becomes unstriked again, then finally gets striked again.  It seems as if 2 processes are interacting in a strange way here, but I suppose this is another bug?

Comment 5

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Yes that's another bug.

Magnus do you also observe this ?

Comment 6

[Hendrik Maryns]

This even happens if there is an unread message still further up.

Possibly also related: if I am viewing a normal message followed by a deleted message and delete this one, TB hops to the next message, which is, indeed, the deleted one, not the next normal one further down (or up).

Comment 7

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

imho the current behavior not to move is the intuitive one

Comment 8

[Hendrik Maryns]

But that means that the focus remains on a deleted message.  What’s the use of that?  You delete it because you want to get rid of it, right?

Comment 9

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Well, i delete it because i don't want/need to see it *again*. If it jumps to another message that message is really very random at least for me.

Comment 10

[Hendrik Maryns]

This is also the behavior in a folder where messages are deleted immediately: the message disappears and the next one down is highlighted and shown.  If the last one is deleted, then the focus jumps to the message which becomes the last one, that is, the previously penultimate one.  It’s this behavior I expect to be mimicked in the strike-through case.

Comment 11

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

The big difference is the message is still showing in the list for mark-as-deleted, and the "move-back" wouldn't always be one message. If we do as you suggest you might end up moving back tens or hundred of messages maybe - typically it would most certainly not be just one.