311533 - Folder Pane's twisty active zone too narrow

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

TB 1.6a1-1003, Win2K, qute/classic theme.

In the folder tree, expandable nodes have a little twisty next to them, which 
can be clicked to expand or collapse the node.  Clicking the twisty doesn't 
shift focus to the node.

In recent trunk builds, the twisty's active click zone is limited to the right 
half of the box. If I position the cursor dead-center on the plus sign and 
click, focus shifts and the node's expand/collapse state doesn't change. If I 
move one pixel to the right, and click again, it behaves as expected.

The twisty in the Thread pane (for threads) doesn't behave the same way; nor 
does the twisty in the message envelope for expanding headers.

Minor, irritating.

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

In the context of threads, should clicking the twisty  shift focus to the thread (is that what you mean by node?)?  I find the thread expands, but focus does not change to first article of thread.

current trunk.

Comment 2

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

(In reply to comment #1)
> In the context of threads, should clicking the twisty  shift focus to the
> thread (is that what you mean by node?)?  I find the thread expands, but
> focus does not change to first article of thread.

The focus is actually on the pane, not on the individual item.  The selection 
is not supposed to change when clicking the twisty -- this is the same in 
Folder and Thread panes.  (In the thread pane, this is useful if you're trying 
to make a multiple selection in a threaded view -- you can have several different messages selected, and open a thread to get at another message to add to the selection.)

Note that this bug is not present in current 2a1 builds, but is in 3a1.

Comment 3

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

This has changed recently:  clicking in the left half of the box no longer changes the selection.  The active zone on the twisty is still narrow, only expanding or collapsing if the cursor is in the right half of the box.

TB 3a1-1006, and checking the recent builds I've got installed, since at least 0907.  The 1.8.1 branch is still behaving correctly.

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

WFM version 3.0a1pre (2007112004)

Comment 5

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Yes, it does seem to be fixed.  Thanks, Wayne.