Open Bug 622779 Opened 14 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Implement a synthetic view for a collapsed thread in the message list

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, enhancement)

x86_64
Windows Vista
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: peter.sleeman, Unassigned)

References

Details

(6 keywords, Whiteboard: [duptome])

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.7 In the message view pane, if you have a column for the paperclip attachment indicator and you choose to view your messages as threads, the paperclip should appear for that thread when collapsed if *any* of the messages in the thread have an attachment. This doesnt happen now so if you are hunting for a message with an attachment it wont be found unless you switch off thread view or expand all threads :( Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Display messages as threads in the message view pane 2. Include the attachment paperclip indicator column in the view 3. Get a multi-message thread where one of the middle message in date order has an attachment 4 [review]. Collapse the thread 5. The paperclip is NOT displayed 6. Expand the thread 7. The message with the attachment correctly shows the paperclip Actual Results: As described above. The paperclip indicator is unreliable when using thread view Expected Results: I suggest the paperclip state of the root thread message is the logical OR of the flag for all messages in the thread *when the thread is viewed collapsed*, otherwise it is the flag for the root message alone None
Severity: normal → enhancement
For better or for worse, the row for a collapsed thread just refers to the root message, not the whole thread. I think there is a bug somewhere about changing the date of the message too, but I couldn't find it. CCing some possibly interested parties to see what they think.
Jim, thanks for CCing me. There's been some discussion tb-planning about this but no formal decision. The last time we discussed this, :bienvenu (CC'd) was willing to add a hidden pref that changes this behavior. This would be highly beneficial for Thunderbird Conversations. Actually, Thunderbird Conversations would flip that pref as part of its setup assistant. Currently, the collapsed row for a thread shows the information for the oldest message in the thread. What we could do is: - show the date of the *newest message* - show the subject of the *oldest message* - show the paperclip icon if *any* of the messages has an attachment - add a new, builtin "between" column that reads "X, Y and Z" where X, Y and Z are all the participants for the whole thread - and so on... :bienvenu, what do you think about this?
So I duped a couple bugs to that one, and I suggest we keep the discussion centered here. What we'd like is to change the line that corresponds to a collapsed thread in the thread pane. Right now, the information corresponds to the oldest message, which is quite confusing. - We could show a star if any message in the thread is starred. - We could show a paperclip if one message in the thread has an attachment. - We could show the date of the most recent message. - We could show all the people involved in the thread instead of just the From: header from the oldest message. - We could show a color (tag) if a majority of messages share that color in the thread. - etc. This has become more of a pressing issue since Thunderbird Conversations came out, because that makes Thunderbird really think in terms of threads.
Summary: Collapsed thread view shows no paperclip icon unless first message in thread has attachment → Implemented a synthetic view for a collapsed thread in the message list
Summary: Implemented a synthetic view for a collapsed thread in the message list → Implement a synthetic view for a collapsed thread in the message list
Whiteboard: [duptome]
Please could the keywords: polish, ue, uiwanted, ux-efficiency, useless-UI and ux-consistency be added to this bug.
Is this issue still on the docket? I vote for the collapsed item to show all fields from the newest message, especially date, but ideally all fields.
Please, please implement this. The current behavior is really lame and aggravates me to no end. Johnathan's proposed ideas are spot on.
This should at least be "new" since it has had serious discussion.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Severity: normal → S3
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