Closed
Bug 1897700
Opened 1 year ago
Closed 1 year ago
Warn before deleting multiple messages at once. Let users set threshold via user-preference.
Categories
(Thunderbird :: Preferences, enhancement)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
DUPLICATE
of bug 1642307
People
(Reporter: chrizilla, Unassigned)
References
Details
(Keywords: dataloss, ux-error-prevention)
enhancement idea 💡
Warn before deleting multiple messages at once:
WARNING: You are deleting 296 messages. Are you sure?
[delete ALL] [cancel]
When SHIFT+DEL is used:
WARNING: You are permanently deleting 296 messages, without saving a copy to Trash. Are you sure ?
[delete ALL] [cancel]
implementation
add user-prefs:
mail.warn_on_delete_many--> default=truemail.warn_on_delete_many.threshold--> self-explanatory (if set to 10, deletion of 10 or more messages will trigger a warning).
user story
Michael Toomim says in bug 209333:
« I just tried to delete a message from the top of my mailbox with shift-delete, but my finger accidentally hit the "end" key at the same time as the "delete" key (while holding down shift). This caused my entire directory (containing some 1800 messages) to be deleted. That really sucked. »
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