scroll to show new messages and message select after delete

[listlizard]

Hi,

I have a couple of minor feature requests that I think will help to improve ones "work flow" when reading email.

I like (and I suspect others do also) to always have the most recent messages showing in the message pane by default. RC always initializes the message pane to the top of the message list. So, if I sort by date in ascending order (my preference and, I think, RC's default), I always initially see the oldest messages and I have to manually scroll to the bottom of the list every time it re-displays.

Since that is annoying, I have opted to work around it by sorting in descending order (by date), so at least I always initially see the newest messages.

So, the first request is to add logic that automatically positions the message list to show the newest messages, regardless of the sort order (which, I suppose, should be an option setting).

The second request is related. When I delete a message (when deleted messages are set to be hidden) I would like the next unread message to be selected. This happens by default if the message list is sorted by date in ascending order. If the sort order is reversed however, one has to manually select the next message on every deletion (which is slightly annoying). (Again, I suppose this should be an option setting).

Thanks and thanks also for a great webmail client!

[alec]

About the first request: there's message_sort_order option in config (set to DESC by default).

[listlizard]

Is setting the message_sort_order option different than sorting by clicking on the column headings? If not, then that doesn't really help, as I described.

[alec]

No, but it's not true that roundcube uses ascending order by default.

[listlizard]

I just noticed something that might be a bug:

I tried keeping messages sorted in ascending order by date (most recent on bottom) to see how often I would actually have to reposition the list.

I noticed however that new incoming messages are inserted at the top of the list, rather than the bottom with the most recent messages. The result is that the list is out of order.

Is this intentional? If not then it appears to be a bug.

[alec]

Both are not bugs. It's intentional.

[listlizard]

So inserting messages in the wrong place is not a bug?

You have an interesting concept of what a bug is...

Any BTW, you say "both" but what is the other bug? I don't believe I reported more than one.

[alec]

Just read your request, you'll find the second issue ;)

[listlizard]

Is that so? You must be applying your imagination when you read because I don't see any "bug report" there, neither explicit nor implied nor intended (and I should know, seeing as I wrote it). You may also want to note that this ticket is a "Feature Request" not a bug report (hence, "Both are not bugs. It's intentional." is a pretty lame response).

But, whatever... it's pretty clear to me that you have no interest in improving the user's experience with RC. That's too bad because it's already pretty decent and mostly just needs some polish (and a few additional features). If I decide to spend any more time on improving it I'll just fork it so I don't have to spend months trying to convince uninterested parties how to improve it. Best of luck...