1805052 - Should be able to reorder identities

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 384303

(Thunderbird :: Account Manager, enhancement)

Description

[Nicolas Mandil (:NicolasWeb)]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Set many identities for an email account
2. Open the Identities manager window and try to reorder them (drag & drop, button)
3. Write a new email with the email account using an identity
4. Switch to an other 'From address' identity to the one you want that is

Actual results:

• Unable to reorder identities in Identities manager window (drag & drop, button).
  Especially if you set two different identities but related to something in your needs, you can't sort/ reorder them to make them next to each other.
• Unable to easily switch from theses two identities while writing an email
• TB list identities in creation order

Expected results:

• Drag & drop, and/or a move top/bottom button should be implemented, so while writing email it's easier to find the right identity you need
• By default, TB should sort them alphabetically, especially while you add an identity, like with folders in folders pane

Comment 1

[ai34w1]

Very interested in this too.
As soon as more than a handful of identities are set for a given account, it becomes very tedious to have them in a fixed order -- especially when some are more used than others and cannot be placed near the top of the list.
Also seems like a rather low hanging fruit.
Thanks for this!
PS: still applicable in v117 and now 118.

Comment 2

[Hartmut Welpmann [:welpy-cw]]

This already has been requested quite some time ago, please consider using the vote function in bug 384303.