Hi all,
On Monday, November 08, 1999, 1:46:35 AM (-5 GMT), David scribbled:
> I have a question about TB. When you right click on a heading (From,
> To, Subject etc) and change the positions/widths of the columns they
> always seem to reset to the defaults. If I do it at the top level
> (the bit with the @ and your account name) and go to my inbox then
> back to the top level it has reset. Does anyone know why this
> happens or if I am doing anything wrong?? Am I trying to set the
> account default column properties in the wrong place?
> Also I feel it would be better if instead of the folder option 'use
> account default column settings' it was 'remember column settings
> for this folder'. Or even if the default to the current option was
> checked. Is there any way to enable this setting in one 'click' or
> easy step?
If you wish for a folder's column settings to stay the same and
different from other folders, go into the folder's properties applet
and make sure that 'Use the account default column settings' is
unchecked before you make your changes.
The next rule is that if you create a subfolder, make sure that when
the properties applet for the subfolder appears, make sure that in
addition to giving it a name, that the option 'Use the account default
column settings' is unchecked. If the option is left checked, then upon
creation of the subfolder, for some strange reason, the parent folders
column settings are reverted back to the original TB default setup and
the subfolder will also have this original default column settings.
The next rule is that if you adjust the columns for a folder *after*
checking the 'Use the default column settings', these settings are
adopted as the default for any other folder which has the default
column settings option checked as well. In other words, you may change
the default setup by adjusting the columns for *any* folder which is
set to use the default column settings. Once you make the change in
one folder, the change is automatically made for all other folders
with this default setting option checked.
Clear as mud?
If you have take these pointers into account then your column settings
will behave in a predictable fashion. It used to drive me nuts but I've
figured it out now.
> Another idea is a variation on the alt-drag to move a folders
> position, how about using ctrl or shift when dragging a folder and
> when you drop it on another folder it becomes a sub-folder. I'm a
> new TB user and imported my Outlook Express mail, it was nice and
> organised in folders/subfolders but when I imported them I ended up
> with a just folders and my hirachical structure gone (I needed a
> good excuse to sort through my mail anyway *grin*). The biggest pain
> I found was having to create a subfolder (right click/new folder),
> drag my old mail folder in under it, and then delete the subfolder I
> just created just to get my structure back, when you have some
> subfolders stacked 4 or 5 levels deep it gets a bit time consuming.
Ctrl+Alt+drag will move folders in and out of subfolder positions.
> Looking forward to your help.
Well, I hope that helped. ;)
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Regards,
-=Ali=-
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