Re: [Evolution] Keeping states

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

>   There was a very interesting feature i used to use in evolution 1.x
> and i cannot find it in evolution 2.
> This feature is to keep the state between folders, for example, i was in
> a subfolder, reading an email and scrolled to the middle. Changing the
> folder to a new one and launched a search and read the result. When i
> come back to the first subfolder in version 1.x i used to be in the same
> email, the same scroll position. Now in version 2.2 it's not the case. 

As I'm not entirely sure what you're really about (and my memory of 1.x
versions is fading ;), here are a couple of notes that should cover your
issue.

* When switching folders, Evo remembers the selected mail and the
  position in the mail list. This even works after closing Evo.

  Caveat: Unfortunately Evo remembers the *scroll* position only and
  will return to that position. If you get a lot of new mails in
  between, the selected mail can scroll out of the visible area of the
  list view.

* The position inside a mail (within the mail pane [1]) is not
  remembered. When switching mails or mail folders this info will be
  forgotten.

* Searches are saved on a per folder basis and remembered, when getting
  back to that folder.


As a workaround to not lose the position inside the mail pane just open
a new Window and use that window to read other mails. That way you can
get back to the original mail just at the point you left off.

  File / New Window  Shift-Ctrl-W


> Is there any compiling option i have to add to get this comportement
> back?

AFAIK nope.

If you're unsatisfied with this behavior please feel free to file a bug
in bugzill.gnome.org.

...guenther


[1] misleadingly named "Preview Pane"


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