Bug 58888

Summary:	Add automatic hiding of the folders pane
Product:	[Applications] kmail	Reporter:	Shay Elkin <shay>
Component:	folder list	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WAITINGFORINFO
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	abhas, bartotten, bjoern, luigi.toscano
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	junior-jobs
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandrake RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Shay Elkin 2003-05-24 15:52:41 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.1)
Installed from:    Mandrake RPMs

I noticed I usually spend quite some time in one mail folder before I turn my attention to the next, and running on a low resolution laptop, I'd really like to reclaim that screen space. It would be nice if I could just hide the folders pane, replacing it with either a poping sidebar (like in Evolution or Outlook), or a combobox in the toolbar.

Comment 1 Thomas McGuire 2007-05-07 17:30:05 UTC

You can already hide the folder list by dragging the divider to the left. There is no toolbar button for this though.

Comment 2 Christophe Marin 2009-07-08 02:13:01 UTC

*** Bug 195592 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Björn Ruberg 2009-12-18 01:04:50 UTC

Probably a good junior job. May be the folderview can be put in a dock widget? Must be investigated, but should be doable with some basic qt knowledge.

Comment 4 BartOtten 2011-10-04 18:30:49 UTC

"You can already hide the folder list by dragging the divider to the left. There
is no toolbar button for this though."

I can not. I can make it smaller, but I can't hide it.

I guess most users are only interested in their inbox. Therefore I think it would be better to hide the folderlist -by default-. It only makes the interface look more complicated then necessary and it takes a lot of screenspace.

Comment 5 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-08-18 07:57:22 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 6 Luigi Toscano 2012-08-19 01:02:42 UTC

Instead of creating a new feature request, please confirm here if the wishlist is still valid for kmail2.