GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 206774
Context menu should be different for Lists and Individuals
Last modified: 2013-09-10 14:04:09 UTC
Right now the context menu which is generated by right-clicking on a contact-list is exactly the same as the context-menu which is generated by right-clicking on single contact. This is problematic because some of the options in that menu which apply to single contacts don't apply to contact lists. The context menu which is generated by clicking on a contact list should have: Open Send list to other Send message to list Print Delete I'm not totally sold on "Send list to other", either, because I can't come up with a reasonable scenario in which one would want to do this. if there are such scenarios, then the menu item should remain. if not, then it should be axed.
As a result of the UI freeze today, I'm marking all remaining non-1.0 UI bugs to 'future'. Someone reading this should only change the target back to 1.0 under the following circumstances: 1) The change would not impact documentation. (i.e., 'how to do X' would not have to be changed in any way.) 2) The change would require trivial work for the programmers involved. Most likely, only the programmers themselves are able to judge this. So, if you are not on the evo team, or cannot provide a patch to them for this, you should probably not make any such changes. Sorry that this is going to impact so many irritating bugs, but we have to prioritize our limited resources.
Actually, I tried using "Send list to other" today from the contact editor window and it doesn't work (but sent contact to other from the context menu does). I'm filing a bug on the editor window menu - but yes, please keep the ability to send lists to other people.
right-click context menus of single contact and contact-list are not anymore exactly the same: "send message to contact" only appears at single contact's menu, there is no "send message to list" when right-clicking on a contact-list. using evolution-1.4.6.0.200403080631-0.snap.ximian.8.1, gnome2.4, suse9.0, german translation.
Regression in 1.5.5, "Send message to contact" is the same in contact and contact lists.
Not a regression, won't fix for 2.0.
In 2.3.x its "Send message to contact" every where. I can write a patch to change that to "Send message to list", but please comfirm again.
srinivasa: well, in my opinion it would be much clearer to the user to patch this. ...but please decide before string freeze for 2.4 takes place. ;-)
Commited to head.