Version: (using KDE KDE 3.0.3) Installed from: Mandrake RPMs OS: Linux This is a feature request. A user has a problem in that when they click 'date order' section it changes the order of the mails and new mails are out of sequence and missed. Despite training, they still get it wrong. Can there be an option/tickbox to 'lock' present settings so 'subject', 'sender' & 'date' don't change. This may seem trivial, but many basic users get confused and have 'finger trouble' with so many flexible options. It would be nice to set up a system for someone and then have a 'lock' option so they can't mess too much with the settings
Subject: Re: New: locking order of mails It's possible to make certain configuration keys unchangeable. Have a look at the archive of the kiosk mailing list for more information. But it will still be possible for the user to change the sort order. But either when the folder is changed or at least when KMail is restarted the sorting order will be reverted to the one stored in the configuration file. I don't know whether making the sorting order unchangeable in KMail so that the user can't even change it temporarily until the next start of KMail is feasible. We could probably check whether a config key is marked as unchangeable and then not change the sorting order (?).
One possibility would be to add a context menu to the generic "header pane" of every list view in KDE (Qt?) which would "lock" the sort order (both horizontally and vertically) and the of the whole list. Similar to what WinXP does with its toolbars. I keep clicking a couple pixels too far up when I want to select the first message in a view too, it's a bit annoying. :) Thanks!
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