778703 - Global Search > Open as list: Find the parent folder of result messages

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 686851

(Thunderbird :: Search, enhancement)

Description

[roosters]

User Agent: Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; U; de) Presto/2.10.289 Version/12.00

Steps to reproduce:

If I use 'search', I would like to be able to go back from the search-hits, to the folder I have originally stored the message I found.
You show me the folder and the mail-account and I have to -at least- find the folder, where the folder is stored.




Expected results:

RMB-action on the found folder,  menu-item: go to the folder (the folder the message is stored).

sometimes I remember parts of a discussion and want to find the rest of it. So I find at least one email, go back to the folder I still wonder why I have stored it *there* and read the rest.
specifically helpfull, if you have a sub-sub-subfolder.

Comment 1

[:aceman]

Is the "Open in Folder" button not what you want? What is the difference in operation?

Comment 2

[roosters]

Hi,
sorry but I can't follow your suggestion!
I am currently working in german language, I did it for years also in english. But I can't find a RMB or Menu-action that leads me to your way.

At last, there is *no* RMB action I can use anyway.

Win7 x64

regards
Gerhard

Comment 3

[:aceman]

The "Search messages" window contains these buttons on the bottom:
Open, File, Delete, Open in Folder, Save as Search folder.

There is no context menu, but when you select a found message, you can use these buttons.

Comment 4

[roosters]

(In reply to :aceman from comment #3)
> There is no context menu, but when you select a found message, you can use
> these buttons.

I thank you for your help but in the Thunderbird I use there are no buttons. Tell me where I can send you my screenshot.

Comment 5

[roosters]

Oh, now I found it.
STRG+SHIFT+F
But there you can search only in one preselected account.
But yes, this is what I meant.

So if you enable it for STRG+K, the case can be closed.

Comment 6

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

Roosters, thank you for your filing this valuable RFE. It is very obvious that providing "Open containing folder" action would be useful for *all* types of search results (or even standalone messages), as requested in Bug 686851 -> duping.

TB has at least 4 different ways of searching, but only one of them (Advanced Search Messages) includes the backlink to the containing folder. Unfortunately, it's also the least used way of searching with the most neglected UX.