303544 - Ctrl+D keyboard shortcut does not delete message

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, enhancement)

Description

[Craig Box]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

In the spirit of bugs #54510 and #242864 (both on Mac), I report that as an
ex-Outlook Express user, the keyboard combination I use to delete messages
(Ctrl-D) does not work as expected in Thunderbird.

I can delete messages with the 'delete' key but this key is not under my fingers.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Highlight a message
2. Hit Ctrl-D
3. Watch nothing happen

Actual Results:  
Nothing happens

Expected Results:  
The message should be deleted

Comment 1

[timeless]

ispiked: let's use the oldest version of windows where this could be found (oe on w95). using all will really confuse matters.

reporter, bug 54510 is a windows bug, did you get the number wrong? bug 242864 seems like a correct bug number. note that ifyou write bug ... instead of the way you did it, bugzilla will both linkified the number and hint about its summary when people ask their browser about the link.

Comment 2

[Craig Box]

Sorry.  Bug 57510 is the one I meant, and thanks for the tip.

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

cc: dmose and bryan

I think this is a bad idea. Suggest wonfix. Summary:
1. this was confirmed without comment
2. it's duplicative given the del key
3. given it's proximity to ctrl+f, ctrl+d might inadvertantly delete a message without user realizing
5. no votes in 2.5 yr
6. approving merely on the strength that it exists in outlook is ... bad

Comment 4

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Agreed, we can make better use of shortcut keys than that. And then, Lightning already uses it for new event.

->WONTFIX