1843654 - Re-implement spin button for Mark button in unified toolbar

Status: REOPENED

(Thunderbird :: Toolbars and Tabs, defect, P3)

Description

[Ed]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/115.0

Steps to reproduce:

• clicked an unread message in the thread pane

• clicked the Mark button

Actual results:

I got a popup menu.

Expected results:

The message should have been been marked as read instead of having to choose 'As read' from the menu. That's how it worked in versions <115.

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

I got a popup menu.

You left+click a message and got a pop up menu ?

Comment 2

[Ed]

(In reply to Wayne Mery (:wsmwk) from comment #1)

I got a popup menu.

You left+click a message and got a pop up menu ?

I don't think I said that? I left-clicked the Mark button and got a pop up menu.

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

I forgot to delete my comment before committing

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Attachment: Mark button version 102

Indeed the Mark button in version 102 is different

Comment 5

[Alessandro Castellani [:aleca]]

We haven't re-implemented the spin-button (single button + dropdown) in the new unified toolbar yet, that's why the Mark button opens the dropdown directly now.
If you can use the keyboard, pressing M is the fastest way to mark a message.
We won't be able to reimplement the spin-button in 115 as it requires more exploration, proper UX definition, and an acceptable keyboard a11y consideration.

Comment 7

[doug.pearson]

Can you add an optional button for customization that is just the "M" mark button? This way all the people who want the functionality can customize the buttons and use the mark and or dropdown as they prefer.

Comment 8

[klk745]

That's a massive bummer - there's no way to fix this via CSS? Or is there probably an extension around that changes this odd behaviour?

Comment 10

[Bill]

(In reply to doug.pearson from comment #7)

Can you add an optional button for customization that is just the "M" mark button? This way all the people who want the functionality can customize the buttons and use the mark and or dropdown as they prefer.

This would be an acceptable solution for me as well.

Comment 11

[gaspard]

(In reply to klk745 from comment #8)

That's a massive bummer - there's no way to fix this via CSS? Or is there probably an extension around that changes this odd behaviour?

I agree, it wastes a lot of time having to press the "m" key, which is at the right end of my azerty keyboard, with my left hand. My right hand is already busy holding the mouse.

Is the "m" configurable for another letter more on the left side of the keyboard at least ? In about:config maybe ?

Comment 13

[dastamatis]

This bug is the reason why I reverted Thunderbird 115 back to 102. I've happily used TB for 15 years, but this is a deal-breaker for me.

I don't want to press the "M" on the keyboard. A button is more useful for my workflow.

I do hope this gets fixed soon.

Comment 14

[Ed]

(In reply to Alessandro Castellani [:aleca] from comment #5)

We haven't re-implemented the spin-button (single button + dropdown) in the new unified toolbar yet, that's why the Mark button opens the dropdown directly now.
If you can use the keyboard, pressing M is the fastest way to mark a message.
We won't be able to reimplement the spin-button in 115 as it requires more exploration, proper UX definition, and an acceptable keyboard a11y consideration.

Alessandro, is it possible now for consideration of this feature to move forward?

Comment 15

[gaspard]

I use Thunderbird daily for work and personal use. Not being able to mark a group of messages as read/unread with a simple click is really annoying. It's now more than 2 years (I think) that I've to hit "M" instead and everytime I do that I remember the good old time when I was able to click a button to mark as read/unread.

I see several possibilities:

• Make the button toggle the selected message(s) between read and unread status (same as hitting "M" key) and remove the down arrow on the right side of the button.
• As before, but leave the arrow and implement it so the menu opens only on clicking the arrow icon, not the entire button
• Add another button that toggles read/unread status, which could be added by customizing the interface (and this current button could be removed).

Comment 16

[gaspard]

(In reply to gaspard from comment #15)

• Make the button toggle the selected message(s) between read and unread status (same as hitting "M" key) and remove the down arrow on the right side of the button.

Users can then right click on a message to select another action than mark as read/unread. But this also adds a regression, there may users who find it usefull to have a dropdown menu when clicking the button. Removing this functionnality is maybe not the best answer. (sorry, I could not find a way to edit my previous comment so I add this one)