Re: [Evolution] Deleting a whole thread

["Patrick O'Callaghan" <poc usb ve>]

On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 16:41 -0500, William Case wrote:
> Hi;
>
> On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 21:41 +0100, guenther wrote:
> > > > What about Edit / Select Thread (Ctrl-H) and then delete?
> [snip]
> > > Two possible alternatives would be:
> > >
> > > 1) An accelerator for "go to the head of the current thread".
> > > 2) Shift-Ctrl-H for "select the entire thread".
> >
> > I *really* do love this one. Filed, feel free to add comments.
> >
> >   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322073
> >
> > ...guenther
>
> My $0.02 worth.  Use an accelerator key to collapse all or expand all.
> Use the prefix triangle, as now, to collapse or expand individual
> threads.
>
> If a thread is expanded, then delete, read, flag etc. applies to only
> the selected item; if the thread is collapsed, then delete, read, flag
> etc. applies to the selected thread and all its children.  
>
> As well, a user should be able to select several individual items using
> shift or control, as now, and delete, read, flag etc. those items as a
> group.  The same should apply to a group of threads.

In that case I'd probably want to confirm any destructive action, given
that potentially I could delete a whole bunch of mail without
necessarily being aware of it.

<rant>
Of course if there was an Undo action, it wouldn't matter. Undo (at
least for deletes and moves) is sorely needed in any case IMHO. This has
been requested, repeatedly (see
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207624 for an example), over
*4 years*, and no progress has been made on it. I consider this a
fundamental UI failing in Evo.
</rant>

poc