Re: [Evolution] RFE: how about a "expand current thread" command?

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 15:06 +0200, Dan Vratil wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 08:21 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > In large folders -- such as the one where I keep the traffic for this
> > list -- I usually restrict the message list to Unread. However I often
> > find myself looking at a reply to some thread and want to see the
> > context. The only option at present to go up to the drop-down menu and
> > change the view, which of course affects the entire folder.
> >
> > It would be nice to have an option to expand just the current thread,
> > and of course reverse the process when done. This would act
> > independently of the visibility of the rest of the folder.
> >
> > There already exist "Expand all threads" and "Collapse all threads". The
> > former has no keyboard equivalent, the latter is Shift-Ctrl-B. Perhaps
> > we could have one more shortcut for Expand/Collapse Current Thread,
> > acting as a toggle. I have no particular suggestion as to what it should
> > be.
> >
> > If there's interest, I'll post this on BZ.
> >
> > poc
>
> Hi,
>
> I like this idea. For some time, I've been thinking about storing state
> of each thread (collapsed/expanded), so that you could collapse loooong
> boring threads in (especially in mailing lists) that you are not
> interested in and Evo would remember that.

Interesting, though the interactions with the various Show options would
need to be carefully worked out, e.g. would Show All expand the boring
threads as well?

> I think these two features can be merge to one task. Maybe you could add
> it to the bugzilla request.  When I finish my current task, I'd can
> start working on this.

I'll work up a BZ RFE report and post the URL here.

poc