Bug 356805

Summary:	welcome screen "modal" after first setup
Product:	[Applications] kmail2	Reporter:	OlafLostViking <olaf.the.lost.viking>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	ephemient, freddie_chopin, kdenis, piedro.kulman
Priority:	NOR
Version:	5.5.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description OlafLostViking 2015-12-17 00:43:13 UTC

[This applies to KMail 5.0.3 which isn't selectable in the version drop down above.]

After creating the first mail account from the setup assisstant of KMail (local .* folders deleted - so basically a new user), the "Welcome to KMail 5.0.3" screen is displayed and stays there even if the user clicks into the folder list.

After a restart of KMail clicking the folder list shows the correct message list instead of the welcome screen.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. new user
2. create new IMAP account with assisstant
3. let it download the mails in the background


Actual Results:  
4. don't be able to access the message list (welcome screen is constantly displayed)

Expected Results:  
4. access message list by clicking in the folder list

Comment 1 Freddie Chopin 2015-12-21 22:18:37 UTC

Same thing happened on Arch Linux after update to new version of KDE applications - all my accounts were lost and after adding the first one I had to restart kmail to see the message list.

Comment 2 piedro 2016-01-11 16:26:20 UTC

The quick and dirty fix is to simply change the welcome text to something like: 

"Please restart this application. Sorry for any inconvenience!" 

If someone can tell me where the welcome text resides in the code, I am happy to change it.

Comment 3 Denis Kurz 2017-05-19 09:23:27 UTC

This can still be reproduced in KMail 5.5.1, although it is not as severe as it used to be: The Welcome screen can simply be invoked manually (Help -> Introduction to KMail). Now, if you click on the folder you were in before you opened the Welcome screen (the one that should still be highlighted in the folder list), the Welcome screen stays put. Clicking on another folder makes it go away, though.

I'm pretty sure that this is a duplicate of another bug, but I cannot remember the details right now.

Comment 4 Justin Zobel 2022-11-06 09:24:44 UTC

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Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2022-11-21 05:12:16 UTC

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Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2022-12-06 05:18:48 UTC

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
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