4.0.4: 's' key command fails most of the time

[PatonLewis]

macOS 13.5.2 (22G91) Thunderbird 115.3.1 (64-bit) Nostalgy 4.0.4

Hitting the 's' key to save a message to a folder fails most of the time. After selecting a destination folder and hitting enter, the message isn't moved and instead TB opens the message in another tab. This failure mode seems to happen about 75% of the time. The work-around for now is that after the first time it fails, you can use shift+S to successfully move the message.

[opto]

S ist now captured by TB top Set Star. You Need top assign another Letter in options

[PatonLewis]

S ist now captured by TB top Set Star. You Need top assign another Letter in options

That has not been my experience. The S key invokes Nostalgy, and I can select a destination folder, but when I hit enter the message opens instead of getting filed in the selected folder.

[mcswell]

My experience on Windows 11, TBird 115.3.1 is the same as PatonLewis's: S brings up the folder selector, but once you have chosen a folder, there's no way I can see to actually save the email there. Neither , , nor mousing works.

[PaulPoulain]

Same thing here. I'm running thunderbird 115.3.1 from Ubuntu, French.

[Olifair]

I think it really depends on the language you are using TB in : in my TB 115 running on a French Ubuntu, S did not work, however switching to V did make moving the message work. You might want to add the language to your post, so we can get an overview

[PaulPoulain]

I'm running Ubuntu in French too. My key is not S, it's E (for years). close to the "R" for "mark as read". So I usually do R - E > folder (and most often R - > SHIFT-E for immediate sorting.

[mcswell]

I'm using English. And I'll say it again, in case I wasn't clear the first time: The problem does NOT appear to be with the S key, which works fine--I get to select a folder. Rather, the problem is with the Enter key, which T-Bird now co-opts for the "open this msg in a different tab." So despite successfully selecting a folder, the msg doesn't get saved to that folder.

I don't see a way to remap the Enter key in Nostalgy.

And yes, I tried changing the S key, but the same thing happens when I hit Enter.

(edited because github apparently deletes things that have less than and greater than symbols, as if they were HTML or XML tags)

[mcswell]

TB115 (test version) installed today. It says that using an up/down key before hitting Enter will make it save to the intended location, rather than opening it in a new tab. I confirm that this works on my Windows 11, TB 115.3.2. Strange work-around, but better than before!

[PaulPoulain]

thx mcswel. I missed that you had to hit up AND down in order for the workaround to work. I confirm that's the case.

• hit your "save" key
• search for the folder
• select the folder with the mouse if needed
• hit DOWN and UP
• hit ENTER

it work

[adamkerz]

Just UP seems to work for me.

[mcswell]

Just UP seems to work for me.

Probably, but if I hit UP then I think I need to hit DOWN to get back to where I was.

[adamkerz]

Ah, yes, true. I usually type enough letters to only have one suggestion, so just UP works then. But I'm used to using the arrows to select the right one when there are multiple items, so that didn't occur to me.

[hkclark]

I'm getting the same behavior... if I don't use the Up and possibly Down arrow keys and just hit Enter then it opens the email and doesn't move the email.

Has anyone figured out if it's possible to open an email in a tab (so not just the Message Pane) and use Nostalgy to move or copy the email? I have to close the email and use my arrow keys to move away from the email and back to it before I can it my "move" hotkey and have it do a move... I really miss being able to file stuff right from reading the message vs all those extra keystrokes.

[PatonLewis]

Version 4.0.5 fixed this issue! Yay!

[mcswell]

Version 4.0.5 fixed this issue! Yay! Outstanding! I just downloaded and installed the .xpi file, and I confirm it works. Well done!

[vysmaty]

Hi. Next to this extension I use "Tagger". I type CTRL+T and start typing the tag name to add. Unfortunately the keys (e.g. S) assigned to Nostalgy cannot be typed. It immediately switches to Nostalgy. I don't have this problem with tbkeys-lite keys. Would it not be possible to restrict it to responding only outside of other text boxes? Thanks.