[kdepim-users] Kmail Message-list window

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 12 August 2008 23:12, Stan Goodman wrote:
> The copy
> operation succeeded, so I wished to delete the original messages from
> their original location. This disclosed an apparent bug.
>
> What happened was that some, but not all, of the selected messages were
> deleted, and the operation had to be repeated several times in order to
> remove all the selected messages (selected lines in the window). All went
> well in the end, but I do not believe that the behavior was what the
> designer intended, or what a user should have to experience. I also do
> not believe that the designer ever tried this maneuver out before
> releasing the program.
>
> Not a criticism, you understand, but I have to wonder why the designers
> have not chosen to implement range selection in the same way that it is
> done universally (even in Kmai'sl Message and Compose windows), i.e. by
> holding down MB2 and drawing the mouse cursor over the desired range.

I'm very surprised to hear this.  I delete batches of email every day using 
the method recommended (1).  Select does, as far as I can see, honour the 
same ctrl and shift rules as elsewhere.  So - why did it happen to you?

The first thing to check is whether it is consistent behaviour on your system.  
If it is, please tell us which distro and version you use, so that we can 
find out whether other users have the problem.

Anne
(1)  Spam is filtered to a separate folder, an I have a toolbar icon for 
delete ( as distinct from move to trash).  I click on the top message, hold 
down shift and click on the bottom one, then click on the icon.  Result - 
empty folder.

I also use ctrl select occasionally to split messages into sub-folders.
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