1829748 - Move/Copy to > Recent: Target folder list should be sorted by most recently used topmost, not alphabetical

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, enhancement)

Description

[Richard Leger]

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1829710 +++

STR:

From Mail > Message List pane, move messages to subfolders, then open the Mail > Context Menu > Move to > Recent folder list.

Actual:

Folder list is classified by alphabetic order.

Expected:

Folder list should be listed by historical order of usage, most recently used at the top.

Comment 1

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

Sounds good to me - most MRU lists that I know work like that.
102 also sorts alphabetical, so it's not a regression.

Comment 2

[Francesco]

Note that this is not a "most recently used" list, but a "most recently moved to manually" list:
https://searchfox.org/comm-central/rev/6648fbc52b4e3e1b81a6c61be1c07740480d6c7f/mailnews/base/public/nsIMsgFolder.idl#987-992
https://searchfox.org/comm-central/rev/6648fbc52b4e3e1b81a6c61be1c07740480d6c7f/mailnews/base/public/msgCore.h#43-44
Looks like bug 242562 asks for MRU instead.

Comment 3

[Hartmut Welpmann [:welpy-cw]]

Attachment: Bug 1829748 - Sort "Recent destinations" submenu by time of modification. r=tobyp

Comment 4

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/03db4c8656ef
Sort "Recent destinations" submenu by time of modification. r=tobyp