allow to add button to toolbar for mark all read instead
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(Thunderbird :: Toolbars and Tabs, enhancement)
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(Reporter: carl, Unassigned)
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User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:56.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/56.0 Waterfox/56.5
Steps to reproduce:
I currently use this web extension to add a mark all read button:
https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/mark-all-read-we
I then go to a folder that has 10 or more unread messages
Actual results:
Sometimes, not all messages are set to be as read. I have to then press shift+c for all to be set as read.
I have tried adding the button mark to the toolbar to do the same thing, but it's default is to only mark the currently selected message as read. I have to press on the arrow and select mark all read for all messages to be marked as read, which is extra steps I don't think is necessary.
Expected results:
All messages should be set to read.
What I'd like to do at the minimum, is change the default of the mark button so that it defaults to the one that shift+c is for.
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Comment 1•4 years ago
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Hi Carl, thanks for your feedback.
(In reply to Carl from comment #0)
I currently use this web extension to add a mark all read button:
https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/mark-all-read-we
Sometimes, not all messages are set to be as read. I have to then press shift+c for all to be set as read.
I installed this addon on 78.9.1 (32-bit) win10 and it's doing absolutely nothing for me.
Addon bugs are not TB bugs, please inform addon author.
I have tried adding the button mark to the toolbar to do the same thing, but it's default is to only mark the currently selected message as read. I have to press on the arrow and select mark all read for all messages to be marked as read, which is extra steps I don't think is necessary.
You can press Ctrl+A to select all messages (read+unread), then click TB's custom Mark button (once or twice until all unread). Alternatively, you can do Ctrl+A, Shift+C for keyboard only. I'm a total efficiency fan, and I think that's efficient enough out of the box.
What I'd like to do at the minimum, is change the default of the mark button so that it defaults to the one that shift+c is for.
I think it's by design: It's inverting the read status smartly:
- If there are more unread messages -> mark all read.
- If there are more read messages -> mark all unread.
I don't think we'll want to change that.
We might accept a patch if someone wants to write a "Mark all read" button, but I don't see us spending time on this.
Thank you for your response.
Has thunderbird exposed the functionality of shift+c to web extensions then?
The previous addon I used worked perfectly, but is no longer supported due to web extensions being required now:
https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/mark-all-read-button
And pressing shift+c works perfectly every time.
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