Bug 75466

Summary:	Add icons for "next" and "previous" message actions
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	Earl Ruby <eruby>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	bjoern, trebor_x
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.4.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Earl Ruby 2004-02-17 22:04:40 UTC

Version:           1.4.3 (using KDE 3.0.5)
Installed from:    SuSE
Compiler:          gcc version 3.2
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.19-4GB

KMail comes with "Next Unread" and "Previous Unread" message buttons. I also like having "Next" and "Previous" message buttons so I can read through a mail thread in order regardless of whether a message is flagged as "read" or not.

Everytime I set up a new KDE desktop I end up adding "next" and "previous" buttons to ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/kmmainwin.rc:

<ToolBar noMerge="1" name="mainToolBar" fullWidth="true" >
<text>Main Toolbar</text>
  <Action name="new_message" />
  <Action name="save_as" />
  <Action name="file_print" />
  <Action name="check_mail_in" />
  <Separator name="separator_1" />
  <Action name="reply" />
  <Action name="reply_all" />
  <Action name="forward" />
  <Action name="delete" />
  <Separator name="separator_0" />
  <Action name="search_messages" />
  <Action name="apply_filters" />
  <Action name="status_flag" />
  <Action name="addressbook" />
  <Action name="previous" />
  <Action name="next" />
  <Action name="previous_unread" />
  <Action name="next_unread" /> 
</ToolBar>
</kpartgui>

It would be great if these were included in the toolbar by default (so folks don't have to edit kmmainwin.rc) and if they appeared with arrow icons. (Right now they're just blank on my menu bar.)

Comment 1 Andreas Gungl 2004-02-18 08:08:42 UTC

On Tuesday 17 February 2004 22:04, Earl Ruby wrote:
> KMail comes with "Next Unread" and "Previous Unread" message buttons. I
> also like having "Next" and "Previous" message buttons so I can read
> through a mail thread in order regardless of whether a message is flagged
> as "read" or not.
>
> Everytime I set up a new KDE desktop I end up adding "next" and
> "previous" buttons to ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/kmmainwin.rc:
>
> [...]
>
> It would be great if these were included in the toolbar by default (so
> folks don't have to edit kmmainwin.rc) and if they appeared with arrow
> icons. (Right now they're just blank on my menu bar.)

Did you know that you can use Settings -> Configure Toolbars... to add 
actions (buttons) to the toolbar? You don't need to edit kmmainwin.rc. 
Default toolbar configuration is a matter of taste anyway, so the 
developers tend to add only the most wanted actions by default, leaving it 
to the user to customize his KMail.
BTW, I hardly use even "Next/Previous unread" toolbar buttons. I think  
keyboard handling is very efficient in KMail. (You might want to have a 
look at the documentation.) IMHO Keyboard navigation is much faster than 
clicking on any toolbar buttons with the mouse, perhaps you want to try it 
out.

Comment 2 Ingo Klöcker 2004-02-18 11:11:20 UTC

We'll add icons for "next" and "previous" message (in KDE 3.2 and later). But if you want to have those buttons on the main toolbar then you'll have to convince the KMail Usability Team (mailing list: kde-usability@kde.org). Just for your information, the usability team already has removed some less important icons (in KMail 1.6) and they will probaly remove some more icons in the next release (after KDE 3.2). You'll have a hard time convincing them to _add_ two icons.

Comment 3 Earl Ruby 2004-02-18 18:28:10 UTC

Ingo: Sorry I wasn't being entirely clear. It would be great if they were in the toolbar by default, but I'd be happy if they appeared in the toolbar configuration menu with icons.

Andreas: Yes, you can use Settings -> Configure Toolbars to add actions (buttons) to the toolbar, but only if those actions are already defined in the configuration file. In the version of KMail I am using (1.4.3) there are no "Next" and "Previous" buttons defined in "Configure Toolbars" unless you go add them by editing the rc file. I do not see an option to just add random commands to the toolbar. Is this feature in a later version than what I am using? I'm running the version of KDE/KMail that comes with SuSE Pro 8.1 at work and SuSE Pro 8.2 at home, and both versions lack these buttons unless you edit the rc file.

Comment 4 Thomas McGuire 2008-11-29 15:22:42 UTC

Assigning back bugs that weren't taken care of to kdepim-bugs.

Comment 5 Björn Ruberg 2009-12-19 00:11:45 UTC

I can add those buttons via configuring the toolbar. Having the buttons default is a useability question - I would vote against it.

Comment 6 Christophe Marin 2011-02-14 11:12:57 UTC

*** Bug 265976 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***