357850 - Sort "by date" doesnt work automatically

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Karl Schlunz]

User-Agent:       Opera/9.02 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en)
Build Identifier: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (20060909)  and also version 3 alpha 1 (20061024)

I use the main messages window in threaded view, ascending, and sort "by date".

If I load new messages, the sort order is not reordered automatically "by date". Only if I click view->sort->"by date" again the expected sort order (the threads with the most recently loaded or dated messages at bottom) gets reestablished.

I would expect the sort order to be reestablished automatically after loading new messages. After all, what is the point in clicking an already checked exclusive option button over and over again. 

Also I would recommend this sort order to be the default because it is the most common sorting style used in discussion boards in the WWW.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Sort a newsgroup in threaded ascending view "by date". 
2. Load new messages
3. Click view->sort->"by date" once again

Actual Results:  
Step 2 reorders the threads somehow, but not "by date".
Step 3 reorders the threads correctly "by date".


Expected Results:  
Step 2 should reorder the threads automatically "by date" without having to click that option (which is already checked) again.

Comment 1

[Nicolas Bock]

confirmed with version 2 beta 1 (20061210) on linux/x86.

Comment 2

[Nicolas Bock]

another work around is to click on another mailbox (let's say Sent) and then again on INBOX which will update the sort order.

Comment 3

[torhu]

Confirmed with 2.0 beta 2 on winxp.

Comment 4

[Fredrik Sjögren]

2.0.0 on Ubuntu, confirmed

Comment 5

[Aaron Digulla]

When you fix this, please also look at bug 254159 – With Order Received sorting, order threads by date of last/latest message in thread

The code should be the same, just sort on a different field.

Comment 6

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

Reporters, does this still occur with recent Thunderbird nightlies? There's a bunch of folder display code that just got refactored recently.

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/nightly/

Seems to WFM on Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.1pre) Gecko/20090613 Lightning/1.0pre Shredder/3.0b3pre

Comment 7

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

RESO INCO per lack of response to previous question. If you feel this change was made in error, please respond to the bug with your reasons why.