211464 - Sort by thread is not available when View/Unread selected

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 209534

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

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This is a regression. I saw people mentioning this problem in other bugs but
could not find a bug filed specifically on it.

- subscribe to a newsgroup
- View/Unread

Actual: messages in thread pane are not threaded any more and the option Sort
by/Thread is grayed out.

Expected: messages can still be groupped by thread.

I think this is very bad regression, because for many people filter Unread is
the default environment for reading newsgroups.

Comment 1

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 135326 ***

Comment 2

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Reopening. Bug 135326 is quite an old bug, it describes the problem that always
existed. The present bug is about something which got broken recently and thus
is a regression. I understand that underlaying cause of the problem may very
well be the same in both these bugs, but it still regressed which means we had a
special case for View/Unread mode and it is now gone.

Comment 3

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Are you looking for   View|Threads|Unread   or
   View|Threads|Threads with Unread    ?

Comment 4

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No, I am talking about View/Messages/Unread. Or you can do the same with the
drop box labeled 'View' at the top of the thread pane. If you choose this mode
you cannot sort by thread any more, neither with the small button at the top
left corner of the thread pane nor via menu View/Sort by/Thread which becomes
grayed out.

So, it is really simple: I want to see only unread messages and I want them to
be sorted by thread. This was possible before.

Looks like I can reach the type of view I want selecting View/Messages/All and
View/Threads/Unread, but this is somewhat confusing and I am not sure it is the
same paradigmatically.

Comment 5

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

I see the problem now.  I believe this is a dupe of bug 209534, but rather than 
be overridden again, I'll leave that to your discretion.

Comment 6

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 209534 ***