Re: Using "Next unread message" not quite as expected

[Peter Bloomfield <PeterBloomfield bellsouth net>]

Hi Andreas,

Thanks for reporting this! An issue <URL:https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/issues/72> has been opened 
for discussion of the problem and possible solutions.

Best,

Peter

On 03/24/2022 02:46:46 PM Thu, AS via balsa-list wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Another observation with the latest version pulled from github: Suppose there's an mbox with several unread messages. 
> You open one message by double-clicking it in the main window. This will bring up a new window for just this message. 
> The new window contains a button "Next unread".
>
> Expected behavior: The next unread message from that mbox will be displayed in the same window where you've 
> clicked the button.
> Actual behavior: The new window still is open and displays the first message. The next unread message will be 
> displayed, but in the main window.
>
> 'That's particularly bad if the main window is on a different virtual desktop or hidden behind other windows: You won't 
> notice that new message is displayed there, so you may hit the "Next unread" button repeatedly without 
> (apparently) anything happening, while one message after the other is marked as read in the hidden window. If you don't 
> realize what's happening, you *could* miss important mails.
>
> It would be great if you could look into that as well. (Perhaps I just didn't see a setting controlling that 
> behavior, in that case I apologize for the noise. :-)
>
> Best regards
>
> Andreas
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