Re: [Evolution] Auto Select First Message in List

[Milan Crha <mcrha redhat com>]

On Tue, 2021-07-06 at 11:29 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> I agree that highlighting without selecting is confusing. I often hit
> an arrow key to move to the next message and instead find myself
> moving to the next folder. I find this very counter-intuitive.

        Hi,
I tried it here, with the current development version, which is pretty
much the same as yours 3.40.2 in this regard, and when I run Evolution
in the Mail view, the message list is focused, thus using up/down arrow
moves to the next/previous message.

Having selected the message itself, aka the message preview panel, the
arrows would move with the message content, scroll up/down. I believe
the message list focus is much better option here.

It can be the focus changed after some action. That depends on the
steps you do. Having always selected the message list isn't correct for
sure. Actions like the magic spacebar and search do focus the message
list.
        Bye,
        Milan