Re: [Evolution] Turn Message Preview off for all folders in Evo 3.2.x ?

[Nick Jenkins <nickpj gmail com>]

> > Is there a way to turn Message Preview/the Preview Pane off by
> > default in Evo 3.2.2 ?
>
> You might try:
>         Edit -> Preferences -> Mail Preferences -> General (tab) -> 
>         [ ] Apply the save view settings to all folders

I've just tried it, but it did not seem to change whether the preview
was shown or not, when opening new folders. Looks like unfortunately the
preview is not currently considered part of the view under View ->
Current View.

> For reference, the preview pane state is remembered per-folder
> ~/.config/evolution/mail/state.ini.  Look for "PreviewVisible".

Okay. I am currently trying this:
* go to the top of the folder hierarchy
* press * to expand every folder
* for each of 700 folders do :
*   check num unread messages in next folder
*   press the down arrow until to open the next folder
*   pause for a second after each down-arrow press to let it display the
folder contents (which seems to be necessary for it to record a
PreviewVisible setting)
*   if the num unread messages went down due to the preview we don't want
*      press ctrl-shift-k/mark-unread, since message has not been read
*   end if
* end for
* close down Evo
* edit ~/.config/evolution/mail/state.ini
* do a search and replace of "PreviewVisible=true" with
"PreviewVisible=false"
* save
* restart Evo.
* Try to get the folder hierarchy looking back like it was before.


... but as User Interfaces go, for a global binary toggle, this is not
my favourite. ;-)

I'm hopeful that future versions will have a way of saying whether
preview should be or off by default. Either explicitly: as a checkbox
under Edit -> Preferences -> Mail Preferences, or a checkbox under View
-> Preview to set the global default, or implicitly: for it be part of
the view defined under View -> Current View. Any of these works great -
setting the Message Preview on or off is typically the kind of thing
that gets set once and then left alone. Have logged it as:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=669445

-- All the best,
Nick.