539223 - Display a helpful message in the thread pane when a view filter is applied and there aren't any messages in the view

Status: NEW

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, enhancement)

Description

[Rain [:rain1] (inactive)]

If a folder has a view filter applied and they aren't any messages in it, we currently leave the thread pane empty. It would be nice to have a helpful message displayed instead, possibly even with a link ("Display all messages in this folder") that removes the view filter.

Comment 1

[Andreas Nilsson (:andreasn)]

Sounds like a good idea, will look into this.

Comment 2

[Andreas Nilsson (:andreasn)]

What if we word it like this (show all messages is a button):

No messages matches the selected filter [Show all messages]


adding Bryan for feedback.

Comment 3

[David :Bienvenu]

Not blocking, but I'd love to see this.

Comment 4

[Chris Ramsden]

Maybe this is a new bug, but I get a situation where the "view mode" (View|Messages|All" is set to "all" and yet the inbox appears empty. If I switch to a custom view (e.g. View|Messages|Custom Views|Recent) then the emails magically appear. 

Their presence is given away by the use of the ExtraFolderColumns add-on which places the email counts in the folders pane. 

Windows XP SP3, TB 3.01, also Shredder 3.0.2pre

I don't know how to replicate this bug on demand.