ColumnsWizard for TB68 v7.0.0-b18 Beta testing

[cleidigh]

I know it's taken longer than I would have Liked...

Now some testing help would be great, b14 is functionally complete , localized (including the new Japanese locale) I will get this released this as soon as I get Decent Feedback

All: Any testing help would be great especially non- Windows platforms. If you do not have time I totally understand, hoping to release a few days.

https://github.com/micz/ColumnsWizard/blob/v7.0.0/xpi/columnswizard-7.0.0-b14-tb.xpi @cleidigh

[micz]

I tested b14 and sent you an email with a few notes. Thank you for your work!

[kanlukasz]

I'm starting to test. Is it possible to create a column containing the original recipient/sender email address ? I mean pure email address, not "friendly name"

[micz]

@kanlukasz It's possible to create a custom column only if there is a mail header with that information. In this case the from/to field contains the complete "name + address". So I think it's not possible without adding a new hardcoded column that stores only the address.

[cleidigh]

Current Issues:

• Custom columns missing from header editor-regression
• Tab title tooltips require creative CSS - currently a challenge

[BillH99999]

I have been testing b14 for the last couple days and have not run into any problems. When I create a new folder the appropriate columns are being used. When I make changes to the defaults that seems to work fine. I am on Windows 10 and TB 68.11.

I have a question. The Advanced tab in the settings refers to Mail Header Editing Options. How do these work? What type of editing is supported? Is this documented somewhere? I looked around but couldn't find anything.

Thanks for all the hard work on the extension!

[cleidigh]

@micz I believe I have restored the header editor, b15 has been posted

[cleidigh]

@BillH99999 Thanks for helping to test!

Concerning your question: If you look at the screenshot above I am showing the popup menu (on the message) as well as the submenu for header editing. The 4 other IDs are the custom columns I created. 2 are shown in the folder view. The values of these custom columns can be edited for convenience. I set Test and testing by doing the edit.

b14 had a problem with this feature, the fix will appear in b15 oh probably tomorrow. Christopher

[BillH99999]

@cleidigh

Thanks for the reply. I see now what it is doing. I look forward to b15 whenever it comes.

Thanks! Bill

[cleidigh]

@BillH99999 Actually I decided to go ahead and post b15 https://github.com/micz/ColumnsWizard/blob/v7.0.0/xpi/columnswizard-7.0.0-b15-tb.xpi

with that you can play with the other custom column features. Thanks Christopher

[BillH99999]

I downloaded b15 yesterday and have tested it and all looks good to me.

Thanks! Bill

[cleidigh]

@BillH99999 Excellent! I am finishing up cleanup and hopefully waiting for more feedback. I think I should be able to Release in the next few days. Christopher

[cleidigh]

Status: Column icon bug - fixed b16 Delete bug

[paulcrown]

I'm not sure what I am missing. I am on Ubuntu 18.04.5, TB 68.10.0 64-bit. Everything is working, except: the column contents in the message list are blank. I have tried b14 and b15.

I love the concept of the addon. Can you point me in the right direction to what may be missing?

Thanks.

[cleidigh]

@paulcrown I have to be honest I have not had a chance to do testing off Windows. Thanks for the post and testing. I doubt that it will solve the problem but I just posted b16 https://github.com/micz/ColumnsWizard/blob/v7.0.0/xpi/columnswizard-7.0.0-b16-tb.xpi it is possible that it will fix the issue, however, I may suggest starting with default preferences in case there were any preference errors. I will also do some testing my Mint VM. Christopher

Also did you see anything in the Debug console? maybe a screenshot of your custom, definition just in case there's something there I did quite a few changes to some custom, definition code.

[micz]

@paulcrown If everything works fine, the new column is filled for new messages received after the new configuration has been done (this is how Thunderbird works). You can force Thunderbird to fill that column using the "repair folder" function that forces Thunderbird to rebuild the index for that folder. I suggest to test that function on a test profile or a small folder, because I don't know how it could impact other addons you may have.

[cleidigh]

@micz Did I finally get your menu Working ?

[micz]

@micz Did I finally get your menu Working ?

The menus are working! 👍 I tested with success also:

• New folder default
• Header editing
• Saving and restoring the CW default columns
• Editing a custom column (also with the Mail Header Editor tab)

Windows 10, Thunderbird 68.12.0.

You're doing a great job! Thank you!! 🥇

[paulcrown]

@cleidigh The error console shows your debug messages, but I don't see any errors.

@micz I found the Repair Folder option and tried it without any change (it looks like it deleted the .msf file and rebuilt it). I am adding the custom header at the mailserver, so all new emails have the custom header and "xxx" listed. I show all headers, and X-Cust-Name is included and set to xxx. The column shows in the message list with 'Client Name' title, but the column itself remains empty.

[micz]

@paulcrown maybe this is the issue: https://github.com/micz/ColumnsWizard/issues/73#issuecomment-429519357

Also, I'm sorry I gave you a wrong advice, it's not the folder repair, but you need to force Thunderbird recreate the Global Index as described here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/rebuilding-global-database Try this option only if you're confident in what you are doing, because you could damage your data. Do always a backup before. This is not needed to check if the lowercase fixes the problem, just send to yourself a new email with that header.

[paulcrown]

@micz The lowercase issue was the problem. I did not realize that lowercase was required in the Custom Header definition. I deleted my old definition in the column editor; added a new one with all lowercase for the Mail Header field, and immediately switched over to the message list with the column fully populated. Thanks.

@cleidigh b16 all works fine on Ubuntu 18.04.5, TB 68.10.0 64-bit.

[cleidigh]

@paulcrown Excellent!! @micz indicated the lowercase might be the issue, but I have to clarify what is correct, should I convert all the headers lowercase if so how do I make sure Thunderbird does not expect uppercase?

[micz]

@cleidigh the dbHeader is saved lowercase internally by Thunderbird, so we need to save the config lowercase, otherwise the column will be empty. It has to be fixed here: https://github.com/micz/ColumnsWizard/blob/v7.0.0/src/chrome/content/mzcw-settings-customcolseditor.js#L133 It has to be checked why that toLowerCase seems to not be working. I added the bug label to issue #73.

[micz]

@cleidigh b17 is working in regard to #73.

I found a bug when adding a new custom column. When I add a custom column, the new column is added at the end of the list. If I select that column and click on the edit button, an empty new column dialog is opened.

It also happened twice that, clicking on a column and then on the edit button, nothing opens, but I was not able to recreate the problem. I saved the log once:

Target <td class="index">testm2</td> mzcw-customcolslist.jsm:331:11
9 mzcw-customcolslist.jsm:336:11
Array(16) [ {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, … ]
mzcw-customcolslist.jsm:337:11
Object { _values: {…}, found: false, filtered: false, values: values(), show: show(), hide: hide(), matching: matching(), visible: visible(), elm: tr.list-row.id.selected-row }
mzcw-customcolslist.jsm:339:11
SelectedRow: list.controller2.js:76:11
<tr class="selected-row" height="20px">
                  <th class="enabled_th" data-tooltip="Enabled">
                    <div class="ctooltip" data-tooltip="Enabled"></div>

                    <img src="chrome://columnswizard/skin/checked-box-64px.png" width="22px" height="22px">

                    </th>
                  <th class="searchable_th">
                    <div class="ctooltip" data-tooltip="Searchable"></div>
                    <img src="chrome://columnswizard/skin/search-64px.png" title="Searchable" width="18px" height="18px">
                  </th>
                  <th class="header-id" height="20px">ID</th>
                  <th class="mail-header" height="20px">Mail Header</th>
                  <th class="col-name" height="20px">Column Name</th>
                  <th class="tooltip" height="20px">Tooltip</th>
                </tr> list.controller2.js:77:11
null list.controller2.js:80:12
null settings.js:226:11
no select settings.js:228:12

[micz]

b17 download link: https://github.com/micz/ColumnsWizard/blob/v7.0.0/xpi/columnswizard-7.0.0-b17-tb.xpi

[cleidigh]

@micz 2 that is another reoccurring issue, next effort Whenever you have a chance, if you can describe how to send an e-mail with custom headers that would help me for testing.

[micz]

@cleidigh I added a wiki page with some instruction: https://github.com/micz/ColumnsWizard/wiki/Custom-Column-Header-Editor-Testing Let me know if this is enough.

[cleidigh]

@micz I think I finally got the indexing and syncing for the Edit/Delete issues , but I did b18 just before crashing so I did not test a lot but I think sufficiently. I will try to get them focused row in view next. https://github.com/micz/ColumnsWizard/blob/v7.0.0/xpi/columnswizard-7.0.0-b18-tb.xpi Christopher

[micz]

Ok, the list works in b18, great!!

[cleidigh]

Awesome I am cleaning up and releasing Also we have 16 locales now

[cleidigh]

@micz @paulcrown @BillH99999 @kanlukasz

I have posted v7.0.0 for review! the queue was almost empty so we they get approved quickly. Thanks to everyone that you help testing, etc. Cheers Christopher

[BillH99999]

Thank you for updating the plugin and all the hard work you put into it.

Bill