78250 - collapsing a thread causes me to get multiple stand alone windows

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect, P2)

Description

[Scott MacGregor]

I'm a novice user for reading mail in "threaded mode".

I expanded a news group thread by clicking on the "thread icon" column for the
message at the top of the thread. 

Then I wanted to collapse this particular thread. clicking the thread icon again
didn't seem to do that. Double clicking the subject field was the only way I
could get the thread to collapse. But doing that also caused a stand alone
message window to be created for every message in the thread. I guess this is
because we seem to be selecting all the messages in a thread when you expand it.
Is that the correct behavior?

Comment 1

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

why wouldn't a novice user use the twisty to open or close?

Comment 2

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

all the steps you describe sound like non-bugs to me.

the novice user discovers that thread column is a short cut to select a thread.

but if they think it is supposed to be used as a toggle, they would do what you
said.

I think users will use the twisty.  jglick, comments?

Comment 3

[Scott MacGregor]

seth, what twisty do you mean? 

The only think that looks clickable to me is if I try to click on the thread
icon in the thread column for the thread I'm looking at. I click on that and it
doesn't collapse the thread. 

I try clicking on the subject and that doesn't collapse it either. If I double
click the subject column it seems to close the thread but then I also get
multiple stand alone messages to come up for all the threads.

I'm using modern3 skin on a build from today. 

What does the "twisty" look like in threaded mode? I gather it's not the
threaded icon that I'm talking about...

Comment 4

[Scott MacGregor]

Seth, I see our confusion (or at least my confusion).

The twisties are missing from MOnday's build. I'm using a build after the modern
3 landing and the twisties are gone.

I went back to a build from Friday and I see standard twisties.

that explains my confusion when you said click on the twisties and I said "what
twisties!" =).

re-assigning to hewitt as this must be a modern 3 landing problem. 

Comment 5

[jglick]

Having the twisties back *should* solve this confusion.  :-)

Comment 6

[Håkan Waara]

So this bug is really "twisty-column isn't shown in modern3"? Please update the
summary.

Comment 7

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

marking invalid.  hewitt has a fix for the twisty problem.

not a problem once #78284 lands.  (as soon as the tree opens, hewitt tells me)

Comment 8

[esther]

I'm not sure bug 78284 is going to fix this because the twistie isn't squashed. 
It displays OK, it's just that is doesn't repond to the toggle click.  We'll 
see.  I check this again with tomorrow's build.  The description should change 
to Twisty (which is visible) expands the thread but doesn't collapse it.  I will 
update this tomorrow after I find out if bug 78284 fixes this problem.

Comment 9

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

twisties should prevent users from double clicking in the thread column for
expand / collapse.

if you don't think double clicking in the "thread" column should do what double
clicking in the subject column does, we should log a seperate bug on that and cc
the UI people.

I think it should do what it currently does.

Comment 10

[esther]

Your absolutely right, the fix for 78284 worked on this too all platforms.  The 
twistie when selected toggles between expand and collapse widget.  Verified as 
invalid.