remembering the last folder correctly

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Thunderbird Add-on: QuickFolders

http://quickfolders.org/

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remembering the last folder correctly #19

Open wjcarpenter opened 4 years ago

wjcarpenter commented 4 years ago

I think there is a bug for QuickMove and QuickJump when there are multiple (sub)folders with the same name. (QuickFolders 4.17.5)

Suppose I have subfolders "a/target" and "b/target". When I use the hotkeys for QuickMove or QuickJump and type "target", I get a drop-down that lists both subfolders. I pick the one I want. Suppose I pick "b/target". If I later do one of those hotkeys, the search box is pre-filled with the remembered subfolder name "target". If I hit enter to accept it, it seems to always go to the alphabetically first one (in this case, "a/target").

What I expected is that it remembered that I chose "b/target" last time, and that should be chosen if I just hit enter. Instead, I have to go to the search box, backspace over the last character and type it again to get the drop-down list again.

RealRaven2000 commented 4 years ago

What I expected is that it remembered that I chose "b/target" last time, and that should be chosen if I just hit enter. Instead, I have to go to the search box, backspace over the last character and type it again to get the drop-down list again.

I think if you use the parent name this is remembered, too; let's say I want to jump (or move mail) to the folder Addopns/QuickFollders/Licenses, and type "ad/qu/li":

next time I do quickJump / quickMove it is remembered:

If you enter a single folder name then it is remembered as a single word only. To fix this, should it always automatically add the parent name?

wjcarpenter commented 4 years ago

The suggestion in your last question sounds like an elegant solution to the problem.

RealRaven2000 commented 4 years ago

The suggestion in your last question sounds like an elegant solution to the problem.

I wouldn't want to do that all the time, it would be cool if the parent path was only added if the name was not unique without these measures. I will look into this. In the meantime, you can use the workaround of adding parent names for the ones in question...

LinuxOnTheDesktop commented 3 years ago

Perhaps this - see screenshot - is the same or a similar problem. Notice the duplicate entries.

Also: if I use QF to move an email, it is expected that the 'move to . . again' option shows a folder other than the one I just used? For that's what happens on one (I haven't tested the others) of my PCs.

RealRaven2000 commented 3 years ago

Perhaps this - see screenshot - is the same or a similar problem. Notice the duplicate entries.

can you add the search field on top to that screenshot? It's doesn't look like the quickMove / quickJump function of QuickFolders as that doesn't have the folder icons you show. The quickMove button is on the top left of the QuickFolders toolbar, here:

i don't recall using the folder icon on the dropdown, but my screenshot above is from Windows 7. It is possible that Paenglab (who helped with icons) created a rule that only work in Windows 10

LinuxOnTheDesktop commented 3 years ago

Apologies. The window I showed owes to the context menu and turns out to owe to Thunderbird itself, not QF. Should I delete my post above (and this one)?

RealRaven2000 commented 3 years ago

no it's fine we will just go on with the original post! Others can make the same mistake so it's good to see.