Re: mark as read

[Peter Bloomfield <peterbloomfield bellsouth net>]

On 11/25/2004 09:48:08 AM, Willem Riede wrote:
> On 11/25/2004 09:05:20 AM, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
[ snip ]
> > On a related topic: Mailbox => Select All actually selects  
> > only the visible messages, because that's what  
> > GtkTreeSelection offers.  The tooltip says "Select all  
> > messages in current mailbox", and we could make it do that, if  
> > we automatically expanded all rows before selecting-all.  The  
> > question is, would that conflict with anyone's current usage?   
> > That is, does anyone rely on the current behavior of selecting  
> > only visible messages?
>
> I would applaud that change. I don't rely on the current  
> behavior, as a matter of fact I find it highly annoying.

Expand-all-before-select-all committed to cvs.

> As a related matter, if I select a range, say to delete a  
> thread (or two) I believe there is the same problem, that non- 
> expanded parts of the thread don't get selected and hence are
> still around after the delete? Can we change that too?

As for Mailbox => Select Thread(s), I'm still waiting for  
comments on the trade-off between the need for the action and the  
cost of another Mailbox menu item--any thoughts?

Peter