Bug 178587

Summary:	messagelist should default to top row when first shown
Product:	[Applications] kmail	Reporter:	Fred van Zwieten <kde-bugs>
Component:	new message list	Assignee:	Szymon Stefanek <pragma>
Status:	RESOLVED WAITINGFORINFO
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	luigi.toscano
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Fred van Zwieten 2008-12-23 18:07:08 UTC

Version:            (using Devel)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

When I start kontact (or kmail), ie set things up that it checks for new mail (and rss feed entries in kaggregator) immediately. However, when I open de mail component, the last accessed row in the messagelist pane is selected by default. I would like to propose that this should change to the top most row (watch out for the sort order!) by default, so new mail is shown when the sort order is by date (which most users use). Kaggregator makes the same "mistake", btw.

Comment 1 Jaime Torres 2009-01-02 16:04:45 UTC

I do not think this is a good idea, because when you are viewing some mail received months ago at the end of the working day, and you want to continue with it the next working day, with this option enabled you will have to search the mail again.

Normally, is is easier to go to the newest mail than to go to some old mail.

In any case, it is up to the developers to implement it or not.

Comment 2 Fred van Zwieten 2009-01-02 17:22:23 UTC

The same is truth for you're use case, just sort it on oldest mail first and filter on unread mail, but The way most people use it, is to open up their mail program, get any new mail, and have this new mail presented. MS Outlook works this way, and I think it is a sane default.

Anyway, if the community is divided, the best thing to to is....make is an option :-)

Comment 3 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-08-18 08:17:01 UTC

Thank you for your feature request. Kmail1 is currently unmaintained so we are closing all wishes. Please feel free to reopen a feature request for Kmail2 if it has not already been implemented.
Thank you for your understanding.

Comment 4 Luigi Toscano 2012-08-19 00:16:53 UTC

Instead of creating a new feature request, please confirm here if the wishlist is still valid for kmail2.