I am not the original poster, but that is an excellent and helpful reply that explains something I also was wondering about. Thank you.
On Saturday, April 27, 2013 8:53:52 PM UTC-5, justkenneth wrote: > > No, it is labeled just as surely as the other one. The difference is that > you've moved it out of the inbox so you don't see it there in order to > observe the label. Also, if you change your view to the label itself so > that you can see the email you've moved, you won't see the label because > you're already in that label's view. > > You only see labels on emails when you've not in that particular label's > view. There's no point for them to show the label on an email when you're > in the label's view. You already know it has that label because you're > viewing it from that label. > > Try labeling the email in question with another label. Then go to that > other label's view and you'll finally be able to see the first label that > you applied to the email. > > Kenneth > > > On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 6:37 AM, Ian Daniel <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Long time Gmail user, something I just don't understand, help appreciated. >> >> If you assign a label to an email in the Inbox from the 'Label as' >> drop-down menu it adds a visible colored label so it can be easily found. >> However if you move a message from the Inbox to a Label via the 'Move >> to' drop-down menu a visible colored label is not assigned. >> >> Am I missing something or is this correct? If so any ideas why it doesn't >> add the colored label when moving form inbox to label? >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Gmail-Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
