185146 - if two messages are selected in the thread pane, and one is deleted from the stand alone msg window, we will select and load the other one

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

if two messages are selected in the thread pane, and one is deleted from the 
stand alone msg window, we will select and load the other one.  we do this
because otherwise, we'd have a selection, but no loaded message.

I think we should should instead clear the selection completely.

here's why:

if the next message to be loaded has a return receipt, a delete in the stand
alone msg winow will force focus to the 3 pane.  (bad)

also, if we load the second message, it will mark it as read.  if the user does
a delete, then quit, from the stand alone msg window, they'd never notice that
they "read" the message in the 3 pane.

I realize these are edge cases.

Comment 1

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

severity minor, since we are talking about an edge case.

(this comes off of bug #172392)

Comment 2

[jglick]

I think we should stick with the current behavior described in bug 172392.

>if 2 messages are selected, and a message is deleted out from underneath
you, we load the other message.

Comment 3

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

=> WontFix per jglick's comment 3.