Threads always expanded when returning to folder/newsgroup with MailView (e.g. Unread)
Categories
(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
People
(Reporter: I_am_RenegadeX, Unassigned)
References
(Blocks 1 open bug)
Details
(Keywords: ux-control)
Comment 1•19 years ago
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Updated•18 years ago
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Comment 2•17 years ago
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Comment 3•17 years ago
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Updated•16 years ago
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Comment 4•16 years ago
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Comment 6•16 years ago
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Comment 7•14 years ago
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Comment 8•13 years ago
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Updated•13 years ago
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Comment 10•6 years ago
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This still occurs, per RenegadeX (who no longer used TB, ditto Sam)
" the results of my originally posted test steps are not exactly as they once were, my originally reported complaint is still valid. Here’s what I did to prove this:
- I subscribed to 2 newsgroups (“NG1” & “NG2”) and downloaded 500 headers from both. I selected NG1 again and I see only threads that are collapsed.
- From the menu, I choose: View->Threads->Unread.
RESULT: all threads expand. That’s not an expected behaviour - all I’ve requested it to do is show only threads that are unread. It’s a undesirable behaviour, demonstrated in instances such as this particular test case where, due to many replies in the first thread and due to my screen’s limited height, only two different subjects (threads) are visible and as a result, I either have to manually collapse the thread(s) or scroll downwards many times to see any more subjects.
- From the menu, I choose: View->Threads->Collapse All Threads
RESULT: all threads collapse.
- I switch to NG2. I see only threads that are collapsed.
- I repeat Step#2, with the same result.
- I repeat Step#3, with the same result.
- I switch to NG1. Despite having left it in a collapsed state, I now only see threads that are expanded.
- I switch to NG2. Despite having left it in a collapsed state, I now only see threads that are expanded.
- (Further test) I repeat #3 then close Thunderbird. Upon restarting Thunderbird, It starts up in the newsgroup that I’d last been in, but despite me having left it in a collapsed state, I now only see threads that are expanded.
The root of the problem seems to be that when Threads->Unread is manually enabled, a variable is set to a state that triggers threads to be expanded. Unless or until the user switches to ‘Threads->All’, that setting seems to remains unchanged, completely independent from whatever the ‘collapse’ and ‘expand’ commands do. So when the folder is exited and later re-entered, the variable’s value is checked and its ‘expand’ status commands all threads to always be expanded."
Comment 11•4 years ago
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Any activity on this? With the latest version of Thunderbird on lates macOS I still have this. I have grouped my folders and sorted by Date and enabled tree/thread view. Collapsing a thread, going to another folder or inbox and returning expands all threads again. I would like to have them collapsed by default. Can this be added as a global option please?
Updated•2 years ago
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Comment 12•11 months ago
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This should be fixed now by bug 1807063.
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