GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 792366
multiple inline composers are not possible anymore
Last modified: 2019-07-22 11:43:56 UTC
I remember Robert Schroll implemented a nice feature, which allowed to reply to multiple messages in the same thread at once. IIRC, here's how it used to work: 1. reply to a message and type in the inline composer 2. reply to another message: a new inline composer appears and you type another reply 3. go ahead for as many messages as you want 4. hit Send and you'll eventually send a single email with the correct quotes for each message This is particularly useful in mailing lists when you want to reply to a big discussion. However, in current Geary at step 2 the composer opens a new detached window. In git log I found this commit: commit 98018c386e6294d2a61494c870a63737b68b58be Author: Robert Schroll <...> Date: Thu May 15 16:33:25 2014 -0700 Allow multiple inline composers
Hey Federico. This must have gotten lost in the move to porting the conversation viewer to use GTK widgets. Going forward, it is looking likely that we're going to move away from the paned/inline composer distinction, and have a single, persistent composer at the bottom of the conversation viewer. Under that system, I'm keen to have a good story about how to handle replies to multiple messages in a thread, but it will likely involve adding quotes to the persistent composer, effectively accumulating replies, rather than having multiple composers. As such, I'll wontfix this, but I'll keep it in mind.