Closed
Bug 451251
Opened 16 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
Message Pane - view with multiple messages selected is blank/empty
Categories
(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, enhancement)
Thunderbird
Mail Window Front End
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
DUPLICATE
of bug 364896
People
(Reporter: hsnoble, Unassigned)
Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.13) Gecko/20060414 Build Identifier: version 2.0.0.16 (20080708) In Outlook Express, when I Ctrl-Click on multiple messages that I want to delete, move, etc., the message pane displays the contents of the last clicked message. This visual feedback is very helpful in ensuring that I have not inadvertently clicked a wrong message. Thunderbird, in contrast, displays a blank/empty message pane when I select more than one message. Thus, after the first message, I get no feedback. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Select any message in the Inbox. 2. Hold down the Control key while selecting any other message 3. Actual Results: A blank or empty message pane. Expected Results: The contents of the last message selected. Those who responded to a question about this in the Thunderbird support forum indicated that the display behavior I observe is what Thunderbird is supposed to do and that there is no configuration alternative. If so, then this becomes an enhancement (or compatibility) request, rather than a bug report.
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Updated•16 years ago
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Version: unspecified → 2.0
Comment 1•16 years ago
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(In reply to comment #0) >> Expected Results: > The contents of the last message selected. I do not like this suggestion at all. The pane must be a reflection of what has been selected. While I agree that a blank pane is not useful, a single message displayed is misleading and can lead to errors, even possible data loss. For instance, if only one message from the selection is visible in the thread pane (the rest having been scrolled out), the user may look at the screen and think that only the one message is selected. Hits delete, boom: suddenly fifteen messages have gone missing. Some sort of multiple-selection display would certainlybe an improvement. Perhaps thumbnails of the selected messages, or just a simple count, perhaps with some stats such as: 14 messages (from 12 senders) are selected
OS: Windows XP → All
Hardware: PC → All
Version: 2.0 → Trunk
Updated•16 years ago
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Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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