1027739 - Archiving while in archive folder creates new archive folders under archive

Status: NEW

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect)

Description

[Kent James (:rkent)]

When I try to archive a message that is already in the archive folder, then that message is moved to a new archive folder under the existing archive folder.

This happens to me all of the time, as I use archive to mean "I'm done with this message" and I forget that I am already viewing an archived message.

Comment 1

[Hungerburg]

Platform should be all, severity should be enhancement; That said: Messages in the archive

1) should disregard the "A" keyboard short-cut and
2) show only a disabled "Archive" button

Comment 2

[Hungerburg]

PS: I tried to give the message header pane a different look, so that it gets immediately obvious that one is looking at an archived message, which was very welcome indeed, by adding to userChrome.css: "#msgHeaderView { background-color: #fed !important; }", but have not found a selector to match archived messages only.

Comment 3

[Kent James (:rkent)]

In my own Thunderbird, I prevent this in a complex way, requiring FiltaQuilla. First, I have an Archive filter that fires when the folder name is not "Inbox". Then, I have a two-step set of filter actions:

The first is a Javascript filter action:

for (let index = 0; index < msgHdrs.length; index++)
{
  let hdr = msgHdrs.queryElementAt(index, Ci.nsIMsgDBHdr);
  hdr.folder.orProcessingFlags(hdr.messageKey, Ci.nsMsgProcessingFlags.FilterToMove);
}

The second is a standard Stop Filter Execution.

yes this is very roundabout.

Comment 4

[angerangel]

The problem to me is that pushing the A button while reading a message in an archive, the message should be restored to incoming folder.
It doesn't have sense archiving an archive.
Please correct this bug.

Comment 5

[chrizilla]

Can reproduce in TB 128.0a1 (2024-05-17) (64-bit) @Win10-64bit with checkbox Keep existing folder structure of archived messages checked.
With this checkbox unchecked, the bug does not occur in my test.