1821756 - deleting a collapsed thread only deletes the first message in that thread

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect)

Description

[Calum Mackay]

112.0a1 (2023-03-07) (64-bit); MacOS 13.2.1

Deleting a collapsed thread, using delete key, only deletes the first message in that thread. It should delete all the messages in that thread.

Prior to SN it did delete all, I believe, although I can't easily check.

Similarly for undelete.

Nothing in error console.

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

If mail.operate_on_msgs_in_collapsed_threads = true, which is the default, hitting delete on a collapsed thread IS exected to delete the entire thread.

Comment 2

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Attachment: Screen Shot 2023-03-10 at 5.31.45 PM.png

That said, I cannot reproduce using nightly 20230309.

Make certain when you click on the collapsed thread that you see the message summary in the message pane/preview area. If you don't see the summary, then "operate on collapsed" is not in effect.

Comment 3

[Calum Mackay]

aha! thanks Wayne, that explains it: I am not seeing the message summary multi-message view when I collapse a thread, either via the left arrow key, or via the twisty. Nor when I select an already collapsed thread. But why not?

That sounds like bug 1817871, but I should have the fix for that in my build?

Comment 4

[Calum Mackay]

sigh. I restarted TB, and now I can't reproduce it. So something went strange after it had been running all day.

I've now updated to 0309, and will report if the issue returns; thanks again.