Bug 69438

Summary:	creating new mail has focus in Subject instead To field
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	Martin Koller <kollix>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.5.94
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Attachments:	Diff for bug 69438

Description Martin Koller 2003-12-01 15:56:20 UTC

Version:           1.5.94 (using KDE 3.1.94 (3.2 Beta 2), compiled sources)
Compiler:          gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.2 2.96-112.7.2)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.22

In KDE-3.1.4 I was used to kmails behaviour when I create a new mail to have the input focus in the To: field.
This has now changed to have the focus in the subject field.

Please can you revert to the previous behaviour, as it was - from a usability standpoint - easier to use:
Enter the To: address press Tab twice (or thrice), enter the subject, press Tab, enter Text ...

Ah - I have seen, that this is only the case for "New Message to Mailing list" - that means, it has changed only there, which is also inconsistent.

Comment 1 Till Adam 2003-12-01 16:07:54 UTC

This was changed because in the case of "Reply to mailing list" the To is already entered. So you end up with focus in a field you usually don't want to change. Look ma, it's a feature. :)

Comment 2 Martin Koller 2003-12-01 17:12:59 UTC

Subject: Re:  creating new mail has focus in Subject instead To field

> ------- Additional Comments From adam@kde.org  2003-12-01 16:07 -------
> This was changed because in the case of "Reply to mailing list" the To is
> already entered. So you end up with focus in a field you usually don't want
> to change. Look ma, it's a feature. :)

Aha.
I used to use only the "new massage to mailing list" toolbutton, because then 
I did not need to think about which button to click to create a new message.
When I had a mailing-list folder selected, it was clear that I wanted to send 
a message to the list.
If I was in another folder, I created a new message without the To: address.
So both worked as I liked - but no more...

Can you change it in the way, that if I select "new message to mailing list", 
but the current selected folder has no "folder holds mailing-list" attribute 
(that means, the new message window has no To: address in it), that _then_ 
the focus is in the To: field ?

Comment 3 Ingo Klöcker 2003-12-01 18:31:33 UTC

Since I also exclusively use the New Message to Mailing-list button I'll change this as M. proposed.

Comment 4 Leo Savernik 2004-03-10 21:10:16 UTC

Hello? Focus is still in the Subject: field as of KDE 3.2.1. I guess it's not too hard to fix, so it should be done asap (and be backported to KDE 3.2.2, please).

Comment 5 Tobias Schaefer 2004-04-12 13:48:03 UTC

Created attachment 5605 [details]
Diff for bug 69438

Comment 6 Fred Emmott 2004-05-27 23:36:29 UTC

Seems like this is allready fixed in CVS head.