Bug 381617 - When replying Kmail editor puts the cursor at the bottom of the message
Summary: When replying Kmail editor puts the cursor at the bottom of the message
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kmail2
Classification: Applications
Component: composer (show other bugs)
Version: 5.5.2
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Reported: 2017-06-24 19:05 UTC by Freek
Modified: 2017-07-03 17:57 UTC (History)
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Description Freek 2017-06-24 19:05:45 UTC
When replying to an email, every email solution I have every used puts the message you are replying to at the bottom of the new message and inserts the cursor at the top. Not Kmail. There is not even an option change this (although if there was, starting at the top it should be the default). Can this please be changed?
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2017-06-27 18:34:47 UTC
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

Found on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style

Thunderbird also places the cursor at the bottom by default.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/reply-above-or-below-quoted-text

I agree that there needs to be an option, because the number of people that are used to top-replies is increasing.
Comment 2 Freek 2017-06-27 18:43:32 UTC
Bottom posting forces me to scroll past all previous messages, including my own, with ever decreasing ">>>>", to get down to a new message, it makes quickly going through your email much more tedious. There should indeed be an option.
Comment 3 Freek 2017-06-27 18:57:42 UTC
(In reply to Freek from comment #2)
> Bottom posting forces me to scroll past all previous messages, including my
> own, with ever decreasing ">>>>", to get down to a new message, it makes
> quickly going through your email much more tedious. There should indeed be
> an option.

I suppose one could by default position the view screen at the bottom...
Comment 4 Allen Winter 2017-06-27 19:31:48 UTC
under the settings, see Composer->Standard Templates

for each action (like "Reply to Sender" or "Reply to All" you can change the cursor behavior by moving the %CURSOR an %QUOTE where you want

resolving
Comment 5 Freek 2017-07-03 17:57:43 UTC
Add, thanx, that worked. Not very noob friendly though. I'd still prefer the cursor to be at the top by default. Of course, it is irrelevant wat I prefer, but I strongly believe I'm part of a large majority.