420273 - Ignore thread selects message in next thread

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Dave Royal]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080203 SUSE/2.0.0.12-2.1 Firefox/2.0.0.12
Build Identifier: version 2.0.0.12 (20080226)

Newsgroups. Using threads with unread view. All threads collapsed.
I select a thread (I normally use cursor keys & read down) and hit K.
This usually expands another thread - which is usually the following one. Sometimes it expands a later one (eg if you un-ignore and re-ignore). If there's only one post in the following thread it just selects it.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Select threads with unread view
2.Select a newsgoup
3.Collapse all threads if they're not already
4.Select a thread. Choose one with >1 post where the next one also has >1 post
5.Hit K

Actual Results:  
Expands another thread -usually the following one.

If you repeat the process several times (collapse the thread, then re-select the ignored thread and press K again) it usually expands later threads

Expected Results:  
Mark thread ignored and leave it selected

Also happens in Windows 2.0.0.12.

Comment 1

[ovidiu]

This is the designed behavior. Also in 3.0a2. I can assume is somehow related to same behavior when del on a mail msg. Which moves to next msg in the same manner.

For that, those that do not like it use Unselect Message extension
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/1397

Not sure if works for the news case here, but the principle is same.

Comment 2

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

from a workflow POV I think this should be wontfix.

Comment 3

[David :Bienvenu]

yes, this is as designed.