844475 - When selecting multiple messages, archive and delete buttons should use the same position and visibility as when selecting a single message

Status: NEW

(Thunderbird :: Message Reader UI, defect)

Description

When selecting multiple messages, the area above the message summaries shows two buttons:

[Archive] [Delete]

There are two problems here:
- [Archive] is also displayed when the button is removed for the single-message view.
- The order is fixed. When the single-message view is customized to look like [Reply] [Forward] [Junk] [Delete] [Archive], the delete and archive buttons are swapped when selecting multiple messages.

The archive and delete buttons should keep the visibility and relative position when selecting multiple messages.

Comment 2

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

Attachment: Single email

Screenshot from https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/ux/T5b86ff2aace9a787-Mca7526cba780ac95a272fd0a

Comment 3

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

Attachment: Thread - buttons moved

Comment 4

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

Poster wrote:
When quickly skipping through mails, this has lead me to accidentally delete mails multiple times.

In my opinion the buttons should not switch places, for thread vs single mail view.