1972710 - Implement option to reset manual folder sorting

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, enhancement, P1)

Description

[Alessandro Castellani [:aleca]]

When dealing with multiple folders it can happen to accidentally reorder them incorrectly.
It can also happen that the logic fails and the folders are now in a random order which makes it very difficult to restore (bug 1972709).

We should implement a "Reset custom folder sorting" option in the folder pane as a fail safe for users.

Comment 1

[itagagaki]

Agreed. I was dimly aware of the need for this, too.

Comment 2

[Alessandro Castellani [:aleca]]

Attachment: Bug 1972710 - Implement an option to reset all custom folder sorting. r=#thunderbird-reviewers

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/8be05592162b
Implement an option to reset all custom folder sorting. r=darktrojan

Comment 4

[Alexander Bergmann]

First let me thank you for implementing a much appreciated option to reset the manual folder sorting!

I have tested this option in Thunderbird Beta 142.0b1 (64-bit) under Windows 11 (64-bit). And I think I have discovered a corner-case, which does not yet work as expected. (I wasn't sure, whether to report this as a new bug or reopen this bug report.)

I have created the following folder structure - three top folders A, B, C and three sub folders 1, 2, 3 of folder A:

A
A->1
A->2
A->3
B
C

What does work: Reordering the top folders and then resetting the manual folder sorting:

B
C
A
A->1
A->2
A->3

What does not work: Reordering the sub folders and then resetting the manual folder sorting:

A
A->2
A->3
A->1
B
C

Comment 5

[Martin Giger [:freaktechnik]]

(In reply to Alexander Bergmann from comment #4)

First let me thank you for implementing a much appreciated option to reset the manual folder sorting!

I have tested this option in Thunderbird Beta 142.0b1 (64-bit) under Windows 11 (64-bit). And I think I have discovered a corner-case, which does not yet work as expected. (I wasn't sure, whether to report this as a new bug or reopen this bug report.)

I have created the following folder structure - three top folders A, B, C and three sub folders 1, 2, 3 of folder A:

To summarize, it's not recursing into subfolders?

Since this was shipped in a previous milestone (142 just made it to beta) it'd be best for tracking if you could file a new bug, referencing this one.