65667 - when folder is loaded, thread pane should focus

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

[Alec Flett]

In 4.x, if you click on a folder in the folder pane with your mouse, the thread
pane got the focus. If you wanted the focus to remain in the folder pane, then
you clicked again on the folder, and the folder pane then got focus.

This kills me all the time, because I do this:
- click on my bugzilla folder
- click the "Next message" button
- click the "delete" button to delete the message being displayed
- I get a warning "Delete the folder "bugzilla""?

in fact, I wanted to delete the message, not the whole folder! Very frustrating.

Comment 1

[timeless]

shouldn't the next message button set focus to the thread pane?

Comment 2

[Sheela Ravindran]

adding to cc list

Comment 3

[Alec Flett]

Attachment: proposed fix

Comment 4

[Alec Flett]

turns out the fix was rediculously easy - we were already doing this when you
pre-selected a message in a folder.. now I'm doing it all the time. Can I get a
reviewer/super reviewer?

Comment 5

[David :Bienvenu]

sr=bienvenu

Comment 6

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

r=sspitzer

re-assign to alecf

Comment 7

[Alec Flett]

fix is in! thanks

Comment 8

[Ninoschka Baca]

Build 2001-01-2904: NT4
Build 2001-01-2908: Linux RH 6.2, Mac 9.04

Reopening, it works for IMAP accounts but not POP.

After selecting a POP folder:
a. Inbox selected: Selct the Next button and a message in thread pane is
selected but it appears with a grey background. I would have expected the
selected message to be in blue. At this point the Delete button is disabled.

b. User created folder selected (i.e. FolderA): Select the Next button and the
message in the thread pane is highlighted in grey. This time the Delete button
IS enabled. Select the Delete button and it reports "Are you sure you want to
move the selected folders into the Trash?". If Yes then it moves the entire
folder into the Trash.

Comment 9

[Alec Flett]

oh yeah, pop is asynchronous. damn.
Personally I think the proper fix would be to emulate a "FolderLoaded" event for
POP - might fix other future problems that crop up.
ninoschka: what does it do for news?

reassigning to 3 pane owner. 

Comment 10

[Ninoschka Baca]

It appears to be working for news:

After selecting a newsgroup I can select the Next button, it highlights a
message in the thread pane and it becomes read. After selecting the Mark button
then it toggles it to unread. After selecting the Mark button again then it
changes to unread. I can also select the Next button and it advances to the next
unread message.

Comment 11

[Jesse Ruderman]

See also bug 70097, "pressing up/down in folder pane focuses thread pane".

Comment 12

[laurel]

*** Bug 112439 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 13

[Greg Onufer]

The bug I filed today was for IMAP accounts so if this had previously been fixed
for IMAP then there has been a regression.  (112439)
 

Comment 14

[laurel]

*** Bug 92693 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 15

[Olga]

When worked of focus issies I saw it for POP and IMAP Account today.
The focus does not move from the Folder pane to the Thread pane when "Next" is used
to move to a next unread message. A message in Thread pane is kind of selected
(it appears with a grey background instead of blue). Message body shows content
for this message. "Delete" button is disabled in both cases.

Comment 16

[laurel]

*** Bug 107324 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 17

[scottputterman]

*** Bug 112477 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 18

[scottputterman]

I'm going to mark this wontfix.  The desired behavior which is focusing thread
pane on startup but not otherwise (whcih is what 4.x on Windows appears to be
doing) is in http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70097

Comment 19

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

verified wontfix.

Comment 20

[Robert Wall]

*** Bug 148976 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***