[Evolution] Behaviour suggestion: after deleting a thread

[Jeffrey Stedfast]

is hitting '.' any less convenient? I'm not sure your idea is a good
behaviour or not.

Jeff

On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 20:51, Andrew Cowie wrote:
> Quick recommendation. If you think this should be "straight forward"
> then perhaps tell me where to look, and I'll try and code it myself.
> 
> Situation:
> 
>         Viewing a folder, threaded mode, showing deleted messages, no
>         other sort in place.
> 
> Use Case:
>         
>         I am working through a mailing list.
>         I see a thread I don't want to read, so want to delete it.
>         I press Ctrl-H to select the thread.
>         I press DEL to mark it deleted.
>         
>         BUT THEN my cursor is at the top most message (where I selected
>         and pressed Ctrl-H originally) - with a whole stack of deleted
>         messages I now have to skip past.
>         
>         Unhelpful :)
>         
>         While I know I can then press ']' to get the next unread
>         message, it's a bit inconvenient. So:
>         
> Suggestion:
> 
>         Would it be possible, following pressing of the DEL button to
>         mark the thread deleted, to advance the cursor to the next
>         [unread?] message automatically?
>         
>         [I note that if deleted messages aren't visible, then the above
>         sequence results in the current message cursor just goes away,
>         period]
> 
> 
> If this is sensible, I would be happy to lodge this as a bug/feature
> request. (I've always considered it impolite to do so without the good
> feeling of the developers).
> 
> AfC
> Sydney
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Jeffrey Stedfast
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