1846127 - Local Folders - Apply columns to - folder and its children - mail account - mail account fails

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect)

Description

[Anje]

Windows 10 OS
beta 116.0b7

• 'Local Folders' mail account
• Select 'Inbox'
• set desired column headers
• 'Apply columns to' > 'folder and it's children' > 'Local Folders' > 'Local Folders'
• get pop up asking if I want to apply to all Local Folder folders - click on OK.

Expected Results
All other folders in the 'Local Folders' mail account to have same set of column headers as the 'Inbox'.

Actual Results
Nothing changed. It did not apply same column headers as set in Inbox.

Also reported in Support Forum by a user who downloaded version 115.0.1.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1419628
I tested the issue in beta 116.0b7 and can replicate same problem.

Comment 1

[Alessandro Castellani [:aleca]]

Can you try "Apply current view to..."?

Comment 2

[Anje]

(In reply to Alessandro Castellani [:aleca] from comment #1)

Can you try "Apply current view to..."?

beta 116.0b7

• 'Local Folders' mail account
• Select 'Inbox'
• Set View > Sort by > Date, Descending, Threaded
• All Other folders using View > Sort by > Date, Ascending, UnThreaded
• Make sure to select 'Inbox'
• 'Apply current view to' > 'folder and it's children' > 'Local Folders' > 'Local Folders'
• get pop up asking 'Apply the current fodler's view to Local Folders and it's children' - click on OK.

Expected Result
All folders now using View > Sort by > Date, Descending, Threaded

Actual Result
Check all the other folders: No change, they are all still using View > Sort by > Date, Ascending, UnThreaded
Inbox remains as set using View > Sort by > Date, Descending, Threaded

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Do we konw why this works for some people but not others?

Comment 5

[Anje]

118.0b4
Still fails:
'Apply columns to' > 'folder and it's children' > 'Local Folders' > 'Local Folders'

Although it does work if you select on a per folder basis. But this is not so helpful if you have alot of top level folders.
'Apply columns to' > 'Folder and its children' > 'Local Folders' > 'Local Folders - Folder name'

Another case in Support Forum.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1419841

Comment 6

[triatic]

Same issue here.

"Apply Columns to Folder" works fine.
"Apply Columns to Folder and its children" on the top level POP3 folder has no effect on its children.

If it makes any difference, 115.2.2 is the first version I have ever installed, so I don't have any legacy settings which may differentiate me from others not seeing the issue.

Comment 7

[dundam58]

Same issue in my System (TB 115.3.1 on Linux Mint 21.2)

"Apply Columns to Folder" works
"Apply Columns to Folder and its children" on the top level account folder has no effect on its children.

Up to TB 102 all worked fine

Comment 8

[Abrena]

Same here TB 115.3.2 on W10. As reported above by Anje. And an option to change the default view/columns for ALL new folders has been sorely missing for years, more than a decade even. Would be nice...

Comment 9

[pg_78]

Same issue for me on a top level feed (as opposed to email) folder. TB 115.4.1 on Windows 10.

Comment 10

[Geoff Lankow (:darktrojan)]

Attachment: Bug 1846127 - Fix applying columns or view to a root folder and its descendants. r=#thunderbird-reviewers

The root folder has no message database, so it would throw an exception and the rest of the operation would fail.

Setting the column states worked in 102 because that used folder.setStringProperty which avoided the error.
Now we write directly to the database, which also doesn't write to the folder cache. We never used the value from the cache anyway.

Comment 11

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/a414e0a65bbe
Fix applying columns or view to a root folder and its descendants. r=mkmelin

Comment 13

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Good for uplift to beta?

Comment 14

[Geoff Lankow (:darktrojan)]

Comment on attachment 9364391 [details]
Bug 1846127 - Fix applying columns or view to a root folder and its descendants. r=#thunderbird-reviewers

[Approval Request Comment]
Regression caused by (bug #):
User impact if declined:
Testing completed (on c-c, etc.): about a week on Daily
Risk to taking this patch (and alternatives if risky):

Comment 15

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

v.fixed on nightly

Comment 16

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Comment on attachment 9364391 [details]
Bug 1846127 - Fix applying columns or view to a root folder and its descendants. r=#thunderbird-reviewers

[Triage Comment]
Approved for beta

Comment 17

[Daniel Darnell [:dandarnell]]

Thunderbird 121.0b2:
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/comm-beta/rev/2c2534d17bd6

Comment 18

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Good for 115?

Comment 19

[Geoff Lankow (:darktrojan)]

Comment on attachment 9364391 [details]
Bug 1846127 - Fix applying columns or view to a root folder and its descendants. r=#thunderbird-reviewers

Go on then.

Comment 20

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Comment on attachment 9364391 [details]
Bug 1846127 - Fix applying columns or view to a root folder and its descendants. r=#thunderbird-reviewers

[Triage Comment]
Approved for esr115

Comment 21

[Rob Lemley [:rjl]]

Thunderbird 115.5.2:
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/comm-esr115/rev/311e464a6cef