1933529 - Newly created local subfolders don't inherit their parent's columns and view

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect, P3)

Description

[Robert Bradley]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:132.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/132.0

Steps to reproduce:

I have come from version 60.9.1 (too many bugs subsequently but I've had five peaceful years) and have now done a clean installation of version 128 and only copied over local folders. I am currently using 128.4.3(esr) on WIndows 11.

Actual results:

I am dismayed to find that when I create a new local subfolder, TB no longer copies the parent folder's columns and view properties to the newly created subfolder. My work-around is to copy those properties myself using the apply columns / view feature to the "Local folders" and its children.

Expected results:

What is displayed is the default set of columns and view, which is not what I was expecting as that's not what TB used to do. There seems to be no way of defining what the "default" settings should be either. It's a right pain to have to redo this action frequently as the computer is here for me and not me for the computer. Can you rectify this & put things back as they so sensibly were please?

Comment 1

[Corey Bryant]

I've confirmed this behavior on 134.0b1.

Comment 2

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

https://mozilla.github.io/mozregression/ should help you find the regression range.

Comment 3

[Robert Bradley]

This bug applies to Imap folders as well. When you create a new subfolder whose parent is the Account name, the subfolder does not inherit its properties. During times of poor data connection when access to some servers is inconsistent, mail folders under that imap account (in Imapmail\imap.gmail-3.com for example) can be lost and recreated without their properties. I've had this happen to bin/trash folders the most but it can happen to any online folder.

Comment 4

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Easy for local folder. Just add parent flags at https://searchfox.org/comm-central/rev/b14c103d52c97a859175d37f264be38ebb4a4ceb/mailnews/local/src/nsLocalMailFolder.cpp#567. For imap c++, ugh!!

I tested this with v60. Not a regression.

Comment 5

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Attachment: Bug 1933529 - Make newly created ubfolders inherit their parent's view, sortOrder, sortType, columns. r=john.bieling

Comment 6

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

I was looking at the wrong flags, so a bit more complicated than I though. But the solution I did will work for all types of accounts.

Comment 7

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/2393e401298b
Make newly created ubfolders inherit their parent's view, sortOrder, sortType, columns. r=john.bieling