search

RealRaven2000 / quickFilters

Thunderbird Add-on: quickFilters
http://quickfilters.quickfolders.org/
Other
52 stars 11 forks source link

mouse does not work on folder selection #36

Closed ilippert closed 3 years ago

ilippert commented 3 years ago

I am creating a new filter. I want to select which target folder to move the message to. I cannot select folders by mouse, but only by keyboard.

I use this addon on Linux Fedora 33, Wayland.

RealRaven2000 commented 3 years ago

I am creating a new filter. I want to select which target folder to move the message to. I cannot select folders by mouse, but only by keyboard.

I use this addon on Linux Fedora 33, Wayland.

Any keyboard-only method for moving mails should suffice, once the assistant is activated. However, you still have to activate the filter assistant, which you can do via Tools / Start Filter assistant (bottom of tools menu) image The quickest way is to use Alt+T, followed by Cursor UP (which will move to the bottom of the menu)

Implementing a keyboard shortcut for the assistant might be a good idea too?

The assistant will then supervise any manual mail movements and fill the folder selector for you automatically when generating the new filter. If your mail is already in the target folder, you can use the context menu (via the [MENU] key on your keyboard) on a mail and select quickFilters: Create Filter from Message image

For moving mails with keyboard only, you can use other add-ons such as quickMove or my own QuickFolders with the quickMove function (only the licensed version gives you a configurable shortcut, which is SHIFT+M by default) - with which you can enter folder name or parent/folder (even with partial matches). It also has additional folder navigation buttons in the main Toolbar and navigation toolbar, for instance "skip unread folder" (Shift+S) shortcuts for the first 9 Tabs (ALT+1 .. ALT+9) and ALT+cursor keys for navigating sibling folders. You can also use the built-in context menu (again invoke via the [MENU] key on your keyboard) and the "Move-to" command for keyboard only.

Once the assistant is active it should catch the mail movement and auto-fill the folder selector which is one of the main points of quickFilters.

RealRaven2000 commented 3 years ago

I am creating a new filter. I want to select which target folder to move the message to. I cannot select folders by mouse, but only by keyboard.

looks like I answered the wrong way around. Which window are we talking about, Filter Editor? You say you can't click here? image

try making the window wider to force a resize.

ilippert commented 3 years ago

looks like I answered the wrong way around. Which window are we talking about, Filter Editor? You say you can't click here?

Yes, indeed. It is precisely this Editor in which I select the Folder, shown in your image (thanks for uploading and clarifying!)

RealRaven2000 commented 3 years ago

looks like I answered the wrong way around. Which window are we talking about, Filter Editor? You say you can't click here?

Yes, indeed. It is precisely this Editor in which I select the Folder, shown in your image (thanks for uploading and clarifying!)

Ok, this window is a little temperamental regarding the flexible boxes indeed, usually resizing the window reveals the dropdown chevron: image can you see that on your screen?

ilippert commented 3 years ago

Yes, I do see the dropdown chevron that you marked (thanks). Then the list of folders appears (ok). But I cannot select anything with the mouse.

RealRaven2000 commented 3 years ago

Yes, I do see the dropdown chevron that you marked (thanks). Then the list of folders appears (ok). But I cannot select anything with the mouse.

ok, if you hover do any of the popup menus automatically expand after a short while? (you do not need to click) image

once you click on a folder, can you check whether you see any errors in Error Console? Which exact version of Thunderbird are you running. Definitely sounds like a platform specific bug in Thunderbird Core.

ilippert commented 3 years ago

78.4.0 (64-bit) Whilst your "Real Raven" gets highlighted, nothing gets highlighted in my case. No popup menus appear. nothing happens upon hovering. I checked error console. Nothing changes.

RealRaven2000 commented 3 years ago

78.4.0 (64-bit) Whilst your "Real Raven" gets highlighted, nothing gets highlighted in my case. No popup menus appear. nothing happens upon hovering. I checked error console. Nothing changes.

Well that sounds like a regression in Thunderbird 78 specific to Linux. definitely file a bug!

ilippert commented 3 years ago

ok, thanks. I reported it downstream to the linux distribution. will report here, how it develops.

RealRaven2000 commented 3 years ago

I will mark this one as closed for now (I don't think I can fix it from my side), feel free to reopen or add comments when you know more!

ilippert commented 3 years ago

thanks. I reported it here https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1899644