687416 - menu File > Offline > Offline settings depends on currently selected account in folder pane, should be global or renamed

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, enhancement)

Description

[Sebastian Hengst [:aryx] (needinfo me if it's about an intermittent or backout)]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:9.0a1) Gecko/20110918 Thunderbird/9.0a1
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20110902 Thunderbird/6.0.2

The menu command File > Offline > Offline settings depends on the currently selected account in the folder pane. This is not obvious. Either it should be renamed or moved to the account or moved to the account context menu, or the global offline settings (menu Tools > Options > Network & Disk space > Offline > Offline... is what I expected).

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

There is no global setting, and clicking Offline settings takes you to the account settings where I think it is obvious you are going to set this on a per account basis.

I think it is logical to keep this in the "offline" settings, and moving it to account settings/menu would complicate that menu item.

Is there anything to be clarified here?

Comment 2

[Alessandro Castellani [:aleca]]

No, I agree with your comment.
We're also going through more UI and UX improvements to control account settings and other options, so this request doesn't really apply anymore, and we never got any similar request in 12 years, so I think this is safe to close.