Bug 56369 - wish columns layout not global but folder dependent
Summary: wish columns layout not global but folder dependent
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: kmail2
Classification: Applications
Component: message list (show other bugs)
Version: 1.99.0
Platform: Mandrake RPMs Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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: 190723 191956 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2003-03-25 12:53 UTC by Pascal Cavy
Modified: 2011-11-23 08:26 UTC (History)
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Description Pascal Cavy 2003-03-25 12:53:39 UTC
Version:           1.5 (using KDE 3.1.0)
Installed from:    Mandrake Linux Cooker i586 - Cooker
Compiler:          gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.21-0.13mdkenterprise

Today the columns layout (order, width ...) is stored globally for all folders.
IE: go to a folder, change the width of a columns, then go to another folder, the latest layout is in effect there too.

I'd like to be able to set a personnal layout for each folder. especially the columns to be shown, their width and position, the sort order of the sorted one.  

no need for a gui for this. just store the columns layout of each folder independently and apply it upon folder entry in the gui.
Comment 1 Ingo Klöcker 2003-03-25 17:14:40 UTC
We have explicitely changed the folder dependant layout to a global one some time ago. We 
won't revert this change. But we might make it possible to define some column layouts one can 
choose from. 
 
Comment 2 Pascal Cavy 2003-04-16 19:45:27 UTC
Humm I wonder why it have been suppressed as I don't really see the use of 
having lots of global 'folder layout profiles'. Even if we had the possibility to 
change, choosing a different profile each time we go to another folder would 
really be quickly annoying. 
 
Is this choosen behaviour the same for the virtual folders ? 
Comment 3 Pascal Cavy 2004-05-11 00:08:10 UTC
still valid for kde 3.2.2 - and last question unanswered  :)
Comment 4 Maciej Pilichowski 2006-04-25 18:18:57 UTC
> We have explicitely changed the folder dependant layout to a global one some
> time ago. We  won't revert this change.

I don't see here anything about quality, usability, etc. If someone made a mistake all she/he is supposed to say that it was intentional and...? that's all?

Maybe it was unfortunate move, design flaw, I don't know. The historic reasons maybe are interesting for developers but not for the end-users. Only quality counts.

Ok, enough about that.

Columns view in general should be fully configurable /currently they are not/ but also per folder. I would like to set for folder A columns 
subject | receiver | date
for B
subject | sender | date

just an example. It could be something like profiles in Forte Agent. There is one global profile and then settings for folder -- "use global or local". If local -- the user is able to modify specific setting.
Comment 5 martynorespublika 2009-04-30 00:39:59 UTC
Agree. Still this problem in KMail 1.11.2 in KDE 4.2.2

I would like to set folder columns layout not globally, but per folder. For Inbox: Sender | Sub | Date | Size; for sent-mail: Receiver | Sub | Date | Size. Because it's unlogical to see Sender in sent-mail, because the sender is always me... If I change that to Receiver, then in Inbox and other folders Receiver would be also me. :C
Comment 6 Jaime Torres 2009-04-30 10:15:26 UTC
*** Bug 190723 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Björn Ruberg 2010-02-27 00:41:47 UTC
*** Bug 191956 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Olek Gut 2011-11-23 06:07:55 UTC
This feature request is still valid for KMail 2
Comment 9 Anne-Marie Mahfouf 2011-11-23 08:26:58 UTC
Reassigning to kmail2