Re: Strange message list behaviour: row height, threading

[Jack <ostroffjh users sourceforge net>]

Hello Peter and Albrecht,

On 3/21/19 8:27 PM, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> Hi Albrecht,
>
> On 03/21/2019 04:33:41 PM Thu, Albrecht Dreß wrote:
> > Hi all:
> >
> > Am 01.03.19 20:11 schrieb(en) Jack via balsa-list:
> > > New observation - right now, I have correct behavior in all maildir 
> > > mailboxes, but my only mbox (Inbox) is showing the tall entries.  I 
> > > don't happen to have any threaded messages, so I don't know if they 
> > > would be different.  Is there any reason there should be any 
> > > difference in the display for mbox v. maildir?
> >
> > Here is an other observation, which may or may not be helpful: In 
> > src/balsa-index.c, function bndx_instance_init() the messages tree 
> > view is initialised, adding a bunch of attributes to the renderers.  
> > If I comment out the property
> >
> >          "weight",         LB_MBOX_WEIGHT_COL,
> >
> > I did *not* observe the broken height any more.  This property is 
> > used to indicate unread messages, so it cannot be removed easily.  
> > The other properties /seem/ to have *no* influence on the broken 
> > height (btw., what is the purpose of "foreground", "foreground-set", 
> > "background", "background-set", "cell-background" and 
> > "cell-background-set"?).
> >
> > Might this be helpful in any way?
>
> Oh, yes, it really could be! We may not be able to work around it, but 
> perhaps it could be worked in to a small test case for filing a bug. 
> I'll try…

What I find odd is that I have not noticed any connection to read v. 
unread messages in whether or not the problem appears. Has anyone else, 
or is this just a finding that doesn't make sense to anyone else either?

Am I correct that unread messages have a higher weight than read 
messages, with the intent of emphasizing them?  If this weight is 
related to the problem, would it be possible to simply make the unread 
messages use bold text, or a +1 font size?  (I do appreciate the easy 
visual to distinguish them.)

Jack