Bug 344372

We are a "copy item to..." (ok I need to fix name) it allows to copy message

(In reply to Laurent Montel from comment #1)
> We are a "copy item to..." (ok I need to fix name) it allows to copy message

Ahh, I just found it in the context menu. The addition of "move.." would be nice, more useful to me, and a possibility to assign a shortcut to either.

Assign a shortcut is not possible because it's a menu
=> you can't assign a shortcut to top level ok menu :)

Move I will look at how to put it.

(In reply to Laurent Montel from comment #1)
> We are a "copy item to..." (ok I need to fix name) it allows to copy message

I fixed name this morning.

(In reply to Laurent Montel from comment #3)
> Assign a shortcut is not possible because it's a menu
> => you can't assign a shortcut to top level ok menu :)
> 
> Move I will look at how to put it.

mm, it is possible to use "r"/"f" for reply/forward for example. Perhaps, with the above restriction, a sub-menu "..to folder" would be a solution (similar to the location of the reply/ forward commands in their respective top level menus). Then, this would be similar to invoking copy/move from the message list.
Not sure how much of a change that would be but it certainly would go some way to usability; for keyboard-centric users, opening a message and then decide where they like to move/ copy it to quickly.

forward/reply is an uniq action not a menu.
list of folder is dynamic => create a shortcut against it it's not easy.

(In reply to Laurent Montel from comment #6)
> forward/reply is an uniq action not a menu.
> list of folder is dynamic => create a shortcut against it it's not easy.

I am confused. The reply/ forward is in the same action menu (right-click with mouse inside the message) as is the "copy item to..". What I imagine if I press the bespoke shortcut for "moving/ copying message to folder..", is to get the same (search-able) folder list I would get if I press it on a message in the message list.

you have a menu if you click on "copy item to.." not a dialogbox to select a folder

Yes, I understand that. I was suggesting to change it. What ideally would be useful is to have a workflow with similar to the behaviour in the message list.

As:
1. Open a message
2. Press the shortcut for moving (m) or copying (c) message
3. A folder list open (which is searchable) ; same as in message list behaviour (perhaps reusable as code)
4. Press return at the selected target folder
5. Message is moved there

The current behaviour is too complex for a often used task, IMHO.

for me it's not complexe we open a menu.
With your method we need to click to open, got focus, search folder and finally select it.

Git commit fdbd6b5788f152c620e164a28f66a303f148e45f by Montel Laurent.
Committed on 24/02/2015 at 07:26.
Pushed by mlaurent into branch 'KDE/4.14'.

Fix Bug 344372 - moving/ copying messages from viewer

Fix move message from viewer.

M  +36   -0    kmail/kmreadermainwin.cpp
M  +2    -0    kmail/kmreadermainwin.h

http://commits.kde.org/kdepim/fdbd6b5788f152c620e164a28f66a303f148e45f

Created attachment 91258 [details]
moving a message from message list

Created attachment 91259 [details]
copy a message from message viewer

I still feel we are not on the same page. But perhaps, I do it wrong trying to understand your way. Please watch attached video from the action when done from the message list. Similar, I imagine, from the message viewer. No mouse clicks involved. With the method, you suggested, I need to navigate through the "menus" after activating window action menu (also video attached).