Bug 26913

Summary: Extended folder highlighting in folder list
Product: [Applications] kmail2 Reporter: Unknown <null>
Component: commands and actionsAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: annma, bluedzins, erik, meyerm, olekgutjwr, valtermura
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
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Platform: unspecified   
OS: Other   
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Description Chris Keane 2001-06-08 09:30:12 UTC 
(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package: kmail
Version: 2.2-0.alpha2.1
Severity: wishlist

I very much like the way kmail highlights folders with unread 
messages in the folder list.  However it'd be nice if the highlight 
colour could distinguish different types of message status.  So for 
example:

 - if a folder contains "new" messages the folder highlight should
   be the "new" colour
 - otherwise if the folder contains "unread" messages the highlight
   should be the "unread" colour
 - otherwise if it contains "flagged" messages the highlight should
   be the "flagged" colour

Would this be easy to do?

On a related note would it be possible to add an option to prevent 
"new" messages from automatically changing to "unread" when I leave a 
folder?  It's confusing to have messages changing status without my 
having done anything to them.  Maybe it's just me but to me "new" 
means "I haven't read this message at all" and "unread" means "I had 
a quick glance at the message and then marked it unread to remind me 
to go back and read it properly later".  So it'd be nice if messages 
just stayed "new" until I read them.

Thanks for a great mailer by the way!
Comment 1 Stephan Kulow 2004-05-18 21:12:06 UTC 
Replaced chris@chris-keane.co.uk with null@kde.org due to bounces by reporter
Comment 2 Vincent Panel 2005-05-28 11:41:25 UTC 
I vote for the colours, not the side note
Comment 3 Christian Boltz 2005-06-26 21:17:24 UTC 
I vote for the side note especially ;-)
It would be really good if "new" mails keep their "new" state when changing to another folder.
Comment 4 till 2005-10-06 11:41:35 UTC 
i also vote for the colors, and not the side note.

for me, even a simpler approach will do:

have one additional color for flagged messages. keep the rest displaying in bold letters. this way it is possible to distinguish folders containing both new/unread (bold) AND flagged (colored) messages from folders containing only new/unread OR flagged (colored) messages.

tanks,

- till
Comment 5 Philippe Arnone 2006-01-23 13:53:46 UTC 
It would be a very good idea if in the folder list we can see where we have new message and were we have unread message.
I do like very much the difference between new message and unread ones. Please keep it.
Comment 6 Philippe Arnone 2006-01-23 13:55:23 UTC 
*** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. ***
Comment 7 Bram Schoenmakers 2008-04-21 08:18:14 UTC 
*** Bug 161089 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Björn Ruberg 2009-12-18 17:59:48 UTC 
*** Bug 60591 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Björn Ruberg 2009-12-25 01:15:41 UTC 
*** Bug 122547 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 Björn Ruberg 2009-12-31 00:20:24 UTC 
*** Bug 137548 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 11 Olek Gut 2011-11-23 05:29:16 UTC 
This feature request is still valid for KMail 2
Comment 12 Anne-Marie Mahfouf 2011-11-23 08:14:45 UTC 
Reassigning to product kmail2
Comment 13 meyerm 2012-12-09 17:23:38 UTC 
Still valid for KMail 4.9.4.