Re: [Evolution] Msg Selection

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 07:30 +0100, Gavin Simpson wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 22:44 -0400, Matthew Barnes wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 21:31 -0400, Philippe LeCavalier wrote:
> > > If you click a folder Evo forces the auto-selection of the newest
> > > unread message and worked back from there.
> >
> > It's not that sophisticated.  It remembers the highlighted message ID
> > and automatically selects that when you return to the folder.  If that
> > message doesn't exist or isn't visible, it either selects the first in
> > the list or none at all, depending on the context.
>
> Is that configurable in any way? I like my newest mail to be at the end
> (bottom) of a list. The "jump to first in list" is mildly annoying in
> such circumstances, especially in folders with a lot of mail. Now I
> know /why/ this is happening I can try to work around it; hadn't
> realised that that was what was causing it.

I'm in the same boat. I've complained about it in the past (so long ago
I can't even remember) but to no effect, I suspect because the devels
probably use the default "newest at the top" layout. In my view the
algorithm should be:

Show the last selected message if it still exists
else show the oldest unread message in the folder, if any
else show the newest message in the folder

This is independant of the sorting order.

poc