Bug 56369

Summary:	wish columns layout not global but folder dependent
Product:	[Applications] kmail2	Reporter:	Pascal Cavy <pascal>
Component:	message list	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	annma, asraniel, martynorespublika, olekgutjwr, yez
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.99.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandrake RPMs
OS:	Linux
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Description Pascal Cavy 2003-03-25 12:53:39 UTC

Version:           1.5 (using KDE 3.1.0)
Installed from:    Mandrake Linux Cooker i586 - Cooker
Compiler:          gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.21-0.13mdkenterprise

Today the columns layout (order, width ...) is stored globally for all folders.
IE: go to a folder, change the width of a columns, then go to another folder, the latest layout is in effect there too.

I'd like to be able to set a personnal layout for each folder. especially the columns to be shown, their width and position, the sort order of the sorted one.  

no need for a gui for this. just store the columns layout of each folder independently and apply it upon folder entry in the gui.

Comment 1 Ingo Klöcker 2003-03-25 17:14:40 UTC

We have explicitely changed the folder dependant layout to a global one some time ago. We 
won't revert this change. But we might make it possible to define some column layouts one can 
choose from.

Comment 2 Pascal Cavy 2003-04-16 19:45:27 UTC

Humm I wonder why it have been suppressed as I don't really see the use of 
having lots of global 'folder layout profiles'. Even if we had the possibility to 
change, choosing a different profile each time we go to another folder would 
really be quickly annoying. 
 
Is this choosen behaviour the same for the virtual folders ?

Comment 3 Pascal Cavy 2004-05-11 00:08:10 UTC

still valid for kde 3.2.2 - and last question unanswered  :)

Comment 4 Maciej Pilichowski 2006-04-25 18:18:57 UTC

> We have explicitely changed the folder dependant layout to a global one some
> time ago. We  won't revert this change.

I don't see here anything about quality, usability, etc. If someone made a mistake all she/he is supposed to say that it was intentional and...? that's all?

Maybe it was unfortunate move, design flaw, I don't know. The historic reasons maybe are interesting for developers but not for the end-users. Only quality counts.

Ok, enough about that.

Columns view in general should be fully configurable /currently they are not/ but also per folder. I would like to set for folder A columns 
subject | receiver | date
for B
subject | sender | date

just an example. It could be something like profiles in Forte Agent. There is one global profile and then settings for folder -- "use global or local". If local -- the user is able to modify specific setting.

Comment 5 martynorespublika 2009-04-30 00:39:59 UTC

Agree. Still this problem in KMail 1.11.2 in KDE 4.2.2

I would like to set folder columns layout not globally, but per folder. For Inbox: Sender | Sub | Date | Size; for sent-mail: Receiver | Sub | Date | Size. Because it's unlogical to see Sender in sent-mail, because the sender is always me... If I change that to Receiver, then in Inbox and other folders Receiver would be also me. :C

Comment 6 Jaime Torres 2009-04-30 10:15:26 UTC

*** Bug 190723 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Björn Ruberg 2010-02-27 00:41:47 UTC

*** Bug 191956 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 Olek Gut 2011-11-23 06:07:55 UTC

This feature request is still valid for KMail 2

Comment 9 Anne-Marie Mahfouf 2011-11-23 08:26:58 UTC

Reassigning to kmail2