Inbox in french too long in left panel

[Tonus1]

Checklist

• [X] I have used the search function to see if someone else has already submitted the same bug report.
• [X] I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.

App

Thunderbird for Android

App version

8.0b4

Where did you get the app from?

F-Droid

Android version

stock 13

Device model

No response

Steps to reproduce

1. Open left panel while Inbox string is translated to something longer than Inbox

Expected behavior

Would be better to not wrap and have the end of text under the counters if it's more than 2 rows

Actual behavior

The Inbox in french is "Boîte de Réception" an shows up vertically. The string appears very long and hides other folders

Would be better to not wrap and have the end of text under the counters if it's more than 2 rows

Logs

[kewisch]

That looks pretty weird, thanks for reporting. Let's see if we can get this fixed shortly.

[kewisch]

@wmontwe @cketti are there any other safeguards we can do on the code side that we could get into 8.2? I suspect localizations will need a bit to update.

[cketti]

We've added a comment for translators asking to keep the "99+" string as short as possible. I also uploaded a screenshot for translators so they can see where the string is used in the UI. Additionally, I marked some translations using long-ish strings as "needs editing" on Weblate.

[cketti]

We could limit the folder name to e.g. 2 lines max. That won't fix the issue of "missing" horizontal space. But it avoids list items growing to the whole height of the drawer.

[kewisch]

Would it be easily possible to wrap the 99+ and ★6 into two lines if the folder name is taking two lines?

[cketti]

This leads to weird edge cases. There can be a folder name that is long enough to require two lines when the unread count and starred count are displayed in one line, but not long enough that the folder name needs two lines when unread count and starred count are displayed in two lines. So no matter what strategy we pick, for such a folder, the name and unread/starred count will never occupy the same number of lines (unless we don't actually use the space freed up by breaking the unread/starred count).

Displaying the unread count and starred count at the same time never felt like a great idea to me. Instead, maybe we should think about adding a virtual folder for starred messages.