Re: [Evolution] sorting by last message in thread?

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 17:41 -0700, Dan Stromberg wrote:
> Does any version of evolution have (planned) a means of sorting by the
> message with the newest date within a thread, when sorting threaded
> display by date or date received?
Nup.

We've only got 3 sorting options for each column (ascending, descending, none), and the way sorting works it has to work on the top-level node in the subtree.  So its unlikely to be implemented any time soon.

> I feel this would make evolution noticably less time consuming to use
> (not that it's that bad now, but...  I got spoiled by mutt), in that it
> would eliminate the need to constantly flip between threaded/unthreaded
> display.
>
> If not, where do I go to file a feature request?  (Sorry, this must be a
> FAQ.  Is there an evo FAQ list somewhere?)
>
> -- 
> Dan Stromberg DCS/NACS/UCI <strombrg dcs nac uci edu>

Michael Zucchi <notzed ximian com> Ximian Evolution and Free Software Developer

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