Hi
On Wednesday 17 March 2010 at 1:51:16 PM, in <mid:[email protected]>, Mr Happy wrote: > I know I could just go in and assign the 'sorted > by from' view mode to the folders I go into, but I use > the tabs as a temporary way to change the folder view. > I see the view modes as a permanent thing. I don't make much use of tabs, since I was using TB! long before they were introduced and already had convenient ways to do most things I want with viewing messages. The tabs I have are "all," "unread," "parked," and "with attachments." Occasionally I want to temporarily view a folder by "from" and have usually done this by clicking the "from" column header, and changed back to my default by clicking the "created" column header. A "sorted by from" tab makes sense, but would only make it quicker when I was making more changes (like removing "group by date") as well as sorting by sender. > Now, say I > wanted to look for a particular person (sender) in the > inbox and then do the same for saved ... > What I would do is to click on the > 'sorted by from' tab in the inbox, which would > temporarily sort the messages by from. I would then > find the message. I would probably use Tools | Search to find messages with that sender. > However, when I then click on the > saved folder, despite the 'sorted by from' tab being > the active one, the default view mode is what is used > (sorted by received time), meaning I have to click on > the All tab and then click again on the 'sorted by > from' tab. That's weird. The all, unread, parked tabs are applied in the new folder immediately; these are "fast searches." I tried creating a "sorted by from" tab; in my TB! v4.0.38 I can only do this by creating a view mode, then selecting that view mode as a tab. I don't know if that has changed by your v4.2.23. But I also find that moving to a different folder while the "sorted by from" tab is active results in the standard view of messages being shown in the new folder, even though the "sorted by from" tab is shown as active. Applying it as global view mode, it works correctly when switching folders. Remove it as global view mode anf the folders display as normal. (My global view mode is usually set as "(No view mode).") > But yeah - if I wanted the messages to be permanently > changed, I'd use a view mode. From what I understand > though, the tabs are to be used for temporary changes, > and that is all I ever want when I use one. As a "one-click" solution, they are indeed good for temporary changes when viewing one folder. They don't function as I would expect when changing folders - I would either expect the active tab to change to the usual view of the folder you switch to, or the view presented to match the currently active tab. -- Best regards MFPA mailto:[email protected] Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle. Using The Bat! v4.0.38 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
