574985 - Cannot change default column list

Status: NEW

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, enhancement)

Description

[Rimas Kudelis [use needinfo to ping]]

Bug 505035 solved the problem where users were unable to change column list for all folders at once. However, ability to reset DEFAULT settings for columns was forgotten (I guess – I haven't read all comments on that bug). So, this bug asks for ability for user to reset default columns. As was proposed in bug 505035, this could be done by introducing a new item in column picker menu, "Set as default...".

Also, it would be nice if default threading state and sort order would be saved together with the column list. It's quite annoying to have to manually turn threads on, and then sort messages by descending date for each and every folder.

Comment 1

[Jan Janousek]

(In reply to Rimas Kudelis from comment #0)

The possibility to set the default column list would be very appreciated, indeed.

To set the default threading state and sort order see bug 86845, comment 74 (just switch sort_order and sort_type mentioned there), e.g. to set the sorting to "Order Received", "Ascending", "Threaded" adjust prefs.js as follows:

user_pref("mailnews.default_news_sort_type", 21);
user_pref("mailnews.default_news_sort_order", 1);
user_pref("mailnews.default_news_view_flags", 1);
user_pref("mailnews.default_sort_type", 21);
user_pref("mailnews.default_sort_order", 1);
user_pref("mailnews.default_view_flags", 1);

Comment 2

[Crick]

I would surely appreciate this feature.  Great that I can modify folder-level columns; however, too many times account modifications or other updates affect columns - including temporary column adjustments.  Just want a "default" I can control as a user.