On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 12:49 -0400, Philippe LeCavalier wrote: > > > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 09:20 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 07:30 +0100, Gavin Simpson wrote: > > > On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 22:44 -0400, Matthew Barnes wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 21:31 -0400, Philippe LeCavalier wrote: > > > > > If you click a folder Evo forces the auto-selection of the newest > > > > > unread message and worked back from there. > > > > > > > > It's not that sophisticated. It remembers the highlighted message ID > > > > and automatically selects that when you return to the folder. If that > > > > message doesn't exist or isn't visible, it either selects the first in > > > > the list or none at all, depending on the context. > > > > > > Is that configurable in any way? I like my newest mail to be at the end > > > (bottom) of a list. The "jump to first in list" is mildly annoying in > > > such circumstances, especially in folders with a lot of mail. Now I > > > know /why/ this is happening I can try to work around it; hadn't > > > realised that that was what was causing it. > > > > I'm in the same boat. I've complained about it in the past (so long ago > > I can't even remember) but to no effect, I suspect because the devels > > probably use the default "newest at the top" layout. In my view the > > algorithm should be: > > > > Show the last selected message if it still exists > > else show the oldest unread message in the folder, if any > > else show the newest message in the folder > > > > This is independant of the sorting order. > > > > poc > > > Patrick, > > That is /exactly/ what I not only want but would expect as a logical > sorting. To do the opposite -which is the default in Evo, goes against > logic. We always advocate/preach on this list about logical order, > namely top vs. bottom posting and the like, yet we're faced with this, > rather contradicting "flow". > > Assuming there is already been a request for this is there anything > that can be done to push that through?
Wish I knew. I'm not a devel and have no insight into how their minds work :-) In fact I thought I had filed a BZ report a long time ago but I can't seem to find it. Feel free to file it yourself and post the BZ number here for others to add comments. poc _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
