109905 - Remove context menu on column headers

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 148545

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect, P3)

Description

[kmurray1115]

2001-11-12-03
WinME

(On windows)a right click /context menu on column headers in the thread pane
offers up a message-specific context menu. We should allow the user to remove
columns (maybe displaying column widget) from this menu and/or perform sort
commands.

Comment 1

[Olga]

Yes, we can see context menus specific for selected message(s), not for headers.
Located very close to columns/headers - column picker widget - takes care of
some operations on columns. 

Comment 2

[jglick]

Looks like its using the exact same context menu from the thread pane. I'd say 
column headers don't need a context menu. Clicking directly on them sorts. Using 
the selector widget at the end of the column allows the user to choose which 
columns to display. Everything you'd want to do with column headers is already a 
click away.

Comment 3

[kmurray1115]

Then we should probably remove the context menu in that case.

Comment 4

[jglick]

If you're ok with that, we can prob morph this bug into that. FYI, 4.x has no 
context menu for column headers.

Comment 5

[kmurray1115]

Updating summary.
Was: Context menu on column headers not specific to column headers
Is: Remove context menu on column headers

Thanks.

Comment 6

[Olga]

Updating multiple bugs. This is a valid UI issue. Would be nice to have it fixed
if time allows.

Comment 7

[Nick Kocharhook]

There are problems with the current column picker widget -- see bug 78461.

Why do we need a column picker widget? Wouldn't it make more sense to let people
right-click on the column headers to add/remove columns?

As of now, the context menu that appears should be considered a bug. But instead
of removing it entirely, I think it should replace the fuctionality of the
column picker widget.

Comment 8

[scottputterman]

reassigning to ssu.

Comment 9

[David Tenser [:djst]]

About comment 7: I totally agree. I filed bug 148545 for this before reading
this bug. My suggestion, make this bug a duplicate of bug 148545 (since that one
more accurately suggests what needs to be done).

Comment 10

[Jonas Jørgensen]

On Win32 (at least Win2000), the standard behavior for this action is to do what
we currently do when the user clicks the selector widget: Show a column
selection menu. The fact that Mozilla has its own widgets should be completely
transparent to the user, therefore we should emulate the standard behavior of
the platform if there is any. This bug, with its current summary, is therefore
either a dupe of bug 148545 (or the other way around) or a WONTFIX. Bug 148545
should be fixed.

Would anyone complain if I closed this bug?

Comment 11

[Nick Kocharhook]

Please do.

Comment 12

[Jesse Ruderman]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 148545 ***

Comment 13

[Jonas Jørgensen]

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