https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=400964
Bug ID: 400964
Summary: Thread view improvement: plain subthread view
Product: kmail2
Version: 5.9.2
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: message list
Assignee: kdepim-b...@kde.org
Reporter: jsar...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Messages get rapidly hidden in long threads (thread view). This is not a rare
case in collaborative projects and mailing lists. Navigation then becomes
blind.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Go to a thread of 10-100 emails
2. Navigate down the thread in the message list
OBSERVED RESULT
Emails rapidly become invisible because of the right shift from one email to
another down in the thread
EXPECTED RESULT
All emails should be visible in the thread of message list.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
There are probably cool solutions to this like the one implemented by
mailspring and other email clients, but I think a solution easy to implement
given the current architecture would be to right shift only once, from the head
message of the thread to the rest. This would allow differentiating between
messages belonging to a thread from others, while strongly diminishing the
blinding effect.
One can say that it misses information about subthreads, but correct display of
subthreads is tricky and I for one don't care much about them (frankly I think
that not being able to see messages is more important than how subthreads are
organized).
Also, this (plain thread view) could be an additional option to display the
message list (in addition to the current subthread structure).
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