Bug 122603

Summary: Allow remote files for custom folder icons
Product: [Applications] kmail Reporter: Tristan Miller <psychonaut>
Component: folder listAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED WAITINGFORINFO    
Severity: wishlist CC: bjoern, luigi.toscano
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description Tristan Miller 2006-02-24 01:23:14 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.1)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

KMail will not allow the user to select a remote file for a custom folder icon.  However, I can't think of any good reason for this restriction.  Other KDE applications, such as amaroK, allow the user to select remote files for album thumbnails.  Why can't KMail just fetch the remote file, resize it, and store it in a local cache?  Or is this perhaps a limitation of the icon selector component?  If the latter, this bug should be moved to the appropriate application (kfile component of kio, perhaps?).

To reproduce:
1. Right-click on a folder
2. Click on "Properties".  Properties dialog pops up.
3. Check "Use customs icon" box.
4. Click on the "Normal" or "Unread" icon button. "Select Icon" dialog pops up.
5. Click the "Other icons" radio button.
6. Click "Browse…". Open dialog pops up.
7. In the "Location" input field, enter a remote URL, such as <http://bugs.kde.org/img/konqi.gif>
8. Click "Open". The following error dialog pops up:

    Remote Files Not Accepted - KMail

    [!] You can only select local files.

                 [OK]
Comment 1 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-08-18 08:58:02 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 2 Luigi Toscano 2012-08-19 00:36:19 UTC 
Instead of creating a new feature request, please confirm here if the wishlist is still valid for kmail2.