574319 - Delete of non-last message in unified Inbox folder removes last message from list

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[stefaan.lippens+mozilla]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100423 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100423 Thunderbird/3.0.4

I'm reading a message (but not the last one) in a smart folder.
I press the delete button just above the mail's body area.
This makes the last message from the smart folder disappear from the list (looks like this one was deleted), the message I was reading is not removed from the list (looks like it was not deleted).
When I change my view to an other mail box (e.g. Trash or Sent) and then go back to the smart folder, things are actually as intended: the message I wanted to delete is gone and the last message is back in the list.

Looks like it is just an UI-update going wrong, under the hood things act as intended. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. select smart inbox folder
2. select/read a message that is not the last in the list
3. delete the message with the delete button

Actual Results:  
last message is removed from list, message that was mean to be deleted is still there

Expected Results:  
message with focus should be deleted

Comment 1

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Have you tried safe mode? (see https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode for more information)

Any errors in Tools -> Error console ?

Comment 2

[stefaan.lippens+mozilla]

Hi,

There are a lot of errors in the Error console like this:

Error: [Exception... "update.locale file doesn't exist in either the XCurProcD or GreD directories"  nsresult: "0x80520012 (NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)"  location: "JS frame :: file:///usr/lib/thunderbird-3.0.4/components/nsUpdateService.js :: getLocale :: line 549"  data: no]
Source File: file:///usr/lib/thunderbird-3.0.4/components/nsUpdateService.js
Line: 549


but I doubt they are relevant here because nothing is added to the  console when I actually delete a message.



Another strange thing I just noticed after I delete a non-last message (say N) and the last message (say Z) is removed from the list: If I go to the last visible message in the list (the second last message in real: Z-1) and then press the down arrow, the body of message Z shows up in the message pane. In the message list, the selection indication disappears however, as if no message is selected. Pressing up arrow, brings back the selection indication on message Z-1 and shows body of Z-1 in message pane.


thanks for your time

Comment 3

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Wayne who uses unified folders so he can have a look ?

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Wayne who uses unified folders so he can have a look ?

no idea. you'd have to scan some unified/smart bugs with recent activity to get an idea.

FWIW I suspect this is a virtual folder issue. so you might also look at that class of issues for similar bugs.

Comment 5

[George Macon]

This bug is not Linux specific; I'm also seeing it on the Mac.

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100825 Thunderbird/3.1.3

Comment 6

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

George, stefaan, can you reproduce this in a non-unified/non-smart folder?

Comment 7

[George Macon]

No. Real folders have the expected behavior.

Comment 8

[George Macon]

With the release of Thunderbird 6, I tried this again, and it seems to be working correctly now.

Comment 9

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Stefaan ?

Comment 10

[stefaan.lippens+mozilla]

Sorry, I switched jobs since original post and don't have thunderbird as my mail client anymore, so I can't test.

Comment 11

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Thanks for the feedback.
WFM per comment 10