954987 - Only prevent reordering of contacts when the contact list is focused

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Instantbird Graveyard :: Contacts window, defect)

Description

[Patrick Cloke [:clokep]]

*** Original post on bio 1555 at 2012-06-27 13:06:00 UTC ***

8:58:33 AM - flo: clokep_work: btw, when using sort by status, I've noticed that it's surprising that the selected contact isn't resorted when the selection is visible (the selection is visible only when the richlistbox is focused)
8:58:54 AM - flo: clokep_work: I'm not sure how easy it would be to tweak this
8:59:09 AM - clokep_work: flo: Interesting. Is the issue that it's selected or that it doesn't move then? :)
8:59:30 AM - clokep_work: I mean that the selection isn't shown or that it's not resorted.
8:59:35 AM - flo: clokep_work: well, we explicitly prevent reordering of selected contacts, because we assume the user may be interacting with it
8:59:47 AM - flo: but if the richlistbox isn't focused, we should assume the contact isn't selected
9:00:02 AM - clokep_work: Mmhmm.
9:00:40 AM - clokep_work: flo: Right, so is this actually a bug in the standard sorting too...just that it's not really visible?
9:00:55 AM - flo: http://lxr.instantbird.org/instantbird/source/instantbird/content/group.xml#259
9:01:09 AM - flo: clokep_work: seems we just need to add an additional check on line 259
9:02:14 AM - flo: probably just want "(contactElt.hasAttribute("selected") && this.parentNode.focused)"
9:02:19 AM - flo: if that works :)

Comment 1

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

On the behalf of Florian:
Closing bugs related to the Instantbird UI as WONTFIX, as the development of the standalone chat client Instantbird has stopped. Instantbird users are encouraged to migrate to Thunderbird. The user interface of instant messaging in Thunderbird will feel familiar, as the Thunderbird IM support started as a fork of Instantbird.

Comment 2

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

On the behalf of Florian:
Closing bugs related to the Instantbird UI as WONTFIX, as the development of the standalone chat client Instantbird has stopped. Instantbird users are encouraged to migrate to Thunderbird. The user interface of instant messaging in Thunderbird will feel familiar, as the Thunderbird IM support started as a fork of Instantbird.

Comment 3

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

On the behalf of Florian:
Closing bugs related to the Instantbird UI as WONTFIX, as the development of the standalone chat client Instantbird has stopped. Instantbird users are encouraged to migrate to Thunderbird. The user interface of instant messaging in Thunderbird will feel familiar, as the Thunderbird IM support started as a fork of Instantbird.