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Bug 683894 - Hotkey for "scroll to bottom of message list"
Hotkey for "scroll to bottom of message list"
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Mailer
3.4.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: evolution-mail-maintainers
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks: 310552
 
 
Reported: 2012-09-12 21:08 UTC by Kai Engert
Modified: 2012-09-13 22:28 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Kai Engert 2012-09-12 21:08:21 UTC 
It would be nice to have a hotkey that does:
  "scroll to bottom of message list (without changing the selection)"

Use case:
When switching between folders, where all folders have some unread messages.
I want to see what came in new.

Right now I have to click the scrollbar and move it down manually.

I want to do:
- click a folder
- press a hotkey that srolls the message pane to the bottommost entry
  (just scrolling, not selecting anything).
Comment 1 André Klapper 2012-09-12 21:28:34 UTC 
> When switching between folders, where all folders have some unread 
> messages. I want to see what came in new.

Proposing WONTFIX - either use the magic spacebar to go through all unread messages, or sort by newest messages at the top to be able to see them.
Comment 2 Matthew Barnes 2012-09-13 00:04:19 UTC 
Just press Home or End.  Scrolls to the top or bottom without changing the selection.  This is built into GtkScrolledWindow so it works everywhere.

Closing as NOTABUG since this is already available.
Comment 3 Kai Engert 2012-09-13 16:34:10 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> Just press Home or End.  Scrolls to the top or bottom without changing the
> selection.  This is built into GtkScrolledWindow so it works everywhere.

I get behavior that is different.

I click a folder. Afterwards I press home/end. That jumps to the top/bottom of the FOLDER list - not what I expected.

Second attempt:

I click a folder. Then I click any message in the message list. Then I click home/end. That indeed jumps to the top/bottom of the message list. However, it will mark the message as read (after the timeout).

While the second attempt somewhat helps, it's not perfect, because it requires multiple clicks and key presses to get the result, and has the side effect of marking messages as read.


If you think that the desired already exists, can you please clarify how to get it?

I'm looking for a way to click aorund in the folder list, and immediately see the most recent message in the folder, without requiring multiple mouse moves/clicks.
Comment 4 André Klapper 2012-09-13 22:28:55 UTC 
After rereading and forwarding this request to our internal "crazy key combination department" I can offer you "Ctrl+Alt+End". :)