GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 203206
sort threads by newest unread message
Last modified: 2008-10-08 16:01:41 UTC
It would be very useful if Evo had an option to sort threads based on date of newest unread message, instead of the first message in the thread. This keeps biting me -- I view my mail threaded, but as new mail comes in, threads are pushed farther and farther up, even if they have lots of activity. This especially sucks for short conversations with important people. :-)
Added a new keyword (RFE, Request For Enhancement) to indicate feature bugs. If applied consistently it should make it much easier to separate feature requests from actual bugs.
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feature = future
Evolution is in excellent shape outside of this problem with threading. I wish this could move up the priority list. I believe it should be the default behaviour if there is concern about adding configuration options at this date. This forces me to "dethread" or else search through a 1000+ message folder for unread messages at least 4-5 times per day. Very painful.
you can always use the 'n' and 'p' keys for now. there's no new features that will be added to 1.0, what you see in 0.99.2 is what you get.
As much as I hate to bump old bugs, has there been any progress or talk regarding this?
No new features in a while (at least until 1.4 is released).
So will it be in 1.4? (Just pushing this bug up, cause it is very important when reading debian-devel or perl5-porters or the like)
No. 1.4 is a gnome2 port only. With some luck we'll add features from 1.6 and on
Is this going to make it into 1.6? :)
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This RFE also part of bug 216271
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Any word on this? I'm using 2.0.1 and it's not in there. This would definately be handy.
Could this be implemented in an plugin for 2.2?
this requires fundamental changes to the way ETable works and no one on the current evo team understands the ETable code at all. there's talk of moving the message-list widget to derive from GtkTreeView, but that widget simply doesn't scale at all. So.... this probably won't happen for quite a while yet. patches always welcome :)
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I don't suppose anyone has managed to learn the Etable code yet? :)
Me too: I'm watching several mailing lists, and it would be very nice to have all unread messages near the bottom so I can find them without "View" -> "Hide Read Messages". Another possible solution: don't show threads in the main list, but have a separate box that shows the thread containing the current message. I would vote for the bug if this Bugzilla installation supported voting.
Any chance of this being added to 2.10?
This was also requested downstream: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=133803 I agree that it would be useful, though it may require additional UI to allow for toggling between the current and this new thread sorting behavior. I would definitely use it but others may prefer the current way.
I like this idea, too. Anyone know where in the code to look?
Created attachment 86840 [details] [review] Patch for 2.8.1 (Ubuntu edgy) to add a 'Latest Sent' column Instead of diving into ETable, I've added a 'Latest Sent' column which shows the sent date of latest message in a thread (if 'Group By Threads' is enabled otherwise just the sent date). This makes it a small patch with very limited UI implications. Although it would have been possible to use this column as a compare column and make it hidden, that would have lead to new preference setting introductions. The patch has been made against the 2.8.1-0ubunty4.1 (Ubuntu Edgy).
Does this patch apply to latest evo (2.10.1 or so)? This seems to me like a good compromise - I'd certainly be prepared to accept this as a workaround.
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Am I wrong, or has this been fully implemented in evolution 2.11.3?? I think this bug can be closed! Thanks, developers.
I think you mean the "gmail like sorting" which was introduced since rev 33553 http://svn.gnome.org/viewcvs/evolution?view=revision&revision=33553 Hence obsoleting the patch and closing this bug :)
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