Closed Bug 325631 Opened 19 years ago Closed 18 years ago

Keyboard shortcut 'F' for selecting a folder for Copy or Move does not work

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Mail Window Front End
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
minor

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: carlalex, Assigned: mscott)

References

Details

(Keywords: access) 

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5  20051201

When selecting a folder for message moving or refiling, it is possible to jump to the approximate location of that folder by typing in the first letter of the folder name.  However, this does not work with the letter "F". When "F" is pressed, "File Here" seems to be assumed. While this is indicated in the GUI by the underscored "F" in the "File Here" at the top of the menu, this seems inconsistant with every other letter of the alphabet.   Might "Alt-F" be used for the file here option so that the underscored shortcut in this menu behaves like the underscored shortcuts in the main titlebar menu, and that the letter "F" behaves like all other letters of the alphabet in the folder selection context?


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create two or more top level folders starting with the letter "F". (I have "Finance" which has numerous sub folders, and "FlyingSpaghettiMonster")

2. Attempt to move a message using keyboard shortcuts. I use the sequence "Alt-M, M, <right>, <right>, F".  I expect that this sequence should navigate the selected menu item from the messages menu, through move message, through mail account selectoin, through inbox, and finally to warp to the first folder starting with the letter "F".  this last step fails, and all the menus collapse since the action taken seems to be "file here", which is actually the current folder I am viewing.

3. Drink beer. Cuz that makes everything better.
Thunderbird version of Suite bug 156390?
sounds similar, but I don't use the suite at this time.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Keywords: access
OS: Linux → All
Hardware: PC → All
Summary: Keyboard shortcuts for selecting a folder for message refile or move does not work for "F" → Keyboard shortcut 'F' for selecting a folder for Copy or Move does not work
Version: unspecified → Trunk
*** Bug 326177 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This is fixed in Thunderbird trunk.  I don't have bug edit privs... but I recommend closing this.
thx, David, marking WFM, since I don't know where the fix is. It seems to be working for me in TB 2.0 as well.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 18 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
It doesn't WFM with version 2 beta 2 (20070122).  

Perhaps David Bolter meant Thunderbird3 when he said "trunk"?
Yes I tested on tbird3 trunk.  
which is sufficient for marking it wfm, since bug state describes the state of the trunk. But if there's a simple fix on the trunk, we'd want it for 2.0
agreed and sounds good to me.

thanks to whomever fixed it.
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