519181 - Dragging a Saved Search/Virtual Folder from non-news account to under a News Server changes the icon

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect)

Description

[Jesse Houwing]

It is possible o change the order in which newsgroups appear under the newsserver. It is also possible to specify the exact location in the tree of a Search Folder. But, after dragging and dropping the existing Search Folder to a new location, it changes its icon from blue to to brown. It also no longer functions as a Search Folder.

Steps to reproduce:
- Create a Search folder under the news server (click the newsserver, open advanced search, save search under the server). (See bug 515024)
- Restart Thunderbird (other bug will reposition the new folder to the bottom of the list) 
- Drag the folder to a new location (to the top in my case)

Expected result:
- The folder remains blue
- The folder lists the same messages as before

Actual results:
- The folder gets the same icon as a regular Newsgroup.
- The folder shows up empty

This is probably related to bug 515025

Comment 1

[Jesse Houwing]

After dragging the search folder it also looses any information as to how it was configured. I'm not sure if this constitutes dataloss. No personal data is removed, but the configured search does get deleted without any way to retrieve them, other than reconfiguring the search and saving it again.

Comment 2

[Dan Mosedale (:dmosedale, :dmose)]

In general, we're giving News bugs a fairly low priority these days.  It would be extremely unusual for them to block a release unless they were either regressions or security bugs.

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

UI no longer allows dragging of existing virtual search from non-news account into a news account