Bug 203251 - column size kmail list
Summary: column size kmail list
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kmail
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: new message list (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
URL:
Keywords:
: 142609 190020 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2009-08-10 03:04 UTC by Ethan Cohen
Modified: 2014-07-21 20:00 UTC (History)
12 users (show)

See Also:
Latest Commit:
Version Fixed In: 4.10
Sentry Crash Report:


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2014-07-21 20:00 UTC, Matt Stevens
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Description Ethan Cohen 2009-08-10 03:04:08 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.3.0)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

Kmail doesn't remember columns size in the messages list. Everytime I start kmail I get the horizontal scrollbar loosing screen real estate that could be displaying another message.
Comment 1 Jaime Torres 2009-08-10 11:19:22 UTC
It is a duplicate of bug 178154. Unfortunately, it looks like it was not totally fixed.
Which Qt version do you have? (running any kde program with the --version parameter from a shell).
Comment 2 Ethan Cohen 2009-08-11 02:21:43 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> It is a duplicate of bug 178154. Unfortunately, it looks like it was not
> totally fixed.
> Which Qt version do you have? (running any kde program with the --version
> parameter from a shell).

ethan@tom-desktop:~$ kwrite --version
Qt: 4.5.2
KDE: 4.3.00 (KDE 4.3.0)
KWrite: 4.3.00 (KDE 4.3.0)
Comment 3 Martin Koller 2009-08-12 23:16:33 UTC
Can confirm
Comment 4 Martin Koller 2009-09-02 00:41:03 UTC
*** Bug 190020 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Martin Koller 2009-09-02 00:41:45 UTC
*** Bug 142609 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Björn Ruberg 2010-03-04 00:14:35 UTC
Seems to be fixed in KDE 4.4
Comment 7 andrew 2010-03-04 04:12:44 UTC
Glad to hear it works for *you* Björn.  It remains an issue for me both in the context of standalone kmail and kmail within kontact.  I'm running 4.4 and will be updating to 4.4.1 this evening.  QT is qtmod-4.6.2.  Arch linux with charkra (kdemod) packages.
Comment 8 andrew 2010-03-04 04:59:56 UTC
On a general note - how is it that a bug can be resolved based on it working for one person (with no independent verification), but at the same time most bugs will not get worked on until they are verified as existing by other users and developers?  The KDE bug handling process seems a little skewed in that way :-(
Comment 9 Felix Tiede 2010-03-04 07:06:39 UTC
Does still not work here.
KDE-4.4, QT-4.6.2, kmail-1.13.0 (kontact-4.4).

Distribution is Gentoo Linux.
Comment 10 andrew 2010-03-04 21:25:35 UTC
no change after and update to 4.4.1

In fact, its like the default column width calculation for the message list window consistently gets it wrong by a small amount resulting in the horizontal scroll bar being required by default.  Perhaps this calculation would be easier to fix. 

I admit it's a minor issue for me compared with https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=223705 however... [switches back to thunderbird]
Comment 11 Ivan Lezhnjov Jr. 2010-06-19 14:00:13 UTC
> Seems to be fixed in KDE 4.4

Not really.

Standalone KMail (I simply don't use Kontact these days) is still affected by this bug.

Specifically, only IMAP accounts are affected upon application restart, i.e. I open an IMAP account in KMail, manually adjust column sizes as I please, restart the app and my adjustments are gone. POP accounts preserve column size settings over restarts just alright.


ilj@sega:/home/ilj % kmail --version
Qt: 4.6.3
KDE Development Platform: 4.4.4 (KDE 4.4.4)
KMail: 1.13.3
Comment 12 gleirsch 2011-02-07 21:34:51 UTC
Can still confirm this bug with kmail --version
Qt: 4.7.0
KDE: 4.6.00 (4.6.0)
KMail: 2.0.89

For me the columns are always too narrow, seems like an internal, type-specific default value is always taken instead of some logged settings. This behaviour significantly reduces useability of kmail, which is functionally already quite good.
Comment 13 Tom Schumm 2011-09-19 20:51:28 UTC
I'm still experiencing this any time it takes more than a second or two to fetch my message list. I am using IMAP. My dist is Ubuntu.

kontact --version
Qt: 4.7.2
KDE Development Platform: 4.6.2 (4.6.2)
Kontact: 4.4.10

kmail --version
Qt: 4.7.2
KDE Development Platform: 4.6.2 (4.6.2)
KMail: 1.13.6

Any hopes for a fix or workaround? It's driving me nuts.
Comment 14 Jerôme Pouiller 2012-07-13 07:29:45 UTC
A (poor) workaround:
  Right-click on columns headers and select "Adjust Columns Sizes". 

You have to do this each time you start kmail, but it is faster than resize columns manually.
Comment 15 Laurent Montel 2012-08-17 10:55:54 UTC
fixed in 4.10
Comment 16 Diego Agulló 2013-02-11 09:48:16 UTC
Still not fixed on 4.10:

Qt: 4.8.3
KDE Development Platform: 4.10.00
KMail: 4.10
Comment 17 Matt Stevens 2014-06-19 01:03:06 UTC
Can confirm this is still an issue using 4.13.1 under ubuntu trusty LTS
Comment 18 Christoph Feck 2014-07-21 19:50:31 UTC
Could you please file a new bug for KMail2 with steps to reproduce? It might be a different issue than stated here.
Comment 19 Matt Stevens 2014-07-21 20:00:42 UTC
Created attachment 87863 [details]
attachment-24539-0.html

Ok
On Jul 21, 2014 3:50 PM, "Christoph Feck" <christoph@maxiom.de> wrote:

> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=203251
>
> --- Comment #18 from Christoph Feck <christoph@maxiom.de> ---
> Could you please file a new bug for KMail2 with steps to reproduce? It
> might be
> a different issue than stated here.
>
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