repeat delete not available
I use Thunderbird 140.11.1esr with Ubuntu 24.04. I also use LibreOffice 26.2.
When using LibreOffice, if I want to delete a number of contiguous characters, I put the cursor at the start of the characters I want to delete, press the delete key and hold it. Holding down the delete key means that delete works its way through all the characters I want to delete.
When using Thunderbird, if I want to delete a number of emails, pressing down and holding the delete key doesn't result in the deletion of a number of emails. Instead, I have to keep pressing delete again and again.
Is there some setting in Thunderbird that I can change that will result in delete automatically working its way through all the emails I want to delete?
Thanks,
Leslie
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Select all the messages you want to delete in the thread pane, and hit Del.
Thank you for taking the trouble to reply. What you suggest is what I've been doing, though it involves more steps than just holding down the delete key.
Thanks again.
To delete contiguous messages in the list, select the first one, then hold <Shift> while you select the last one, or arrow down as far as you want, and all between those two points will be selected. Then hit <Delete> once to get rid of them all. Those are standard selection shortcuts that work for most GUI interfaces.
That's the method I'm using now, but I was wondering whether the quicker way of pressing and holding the delete key was available somehow in Thunderbird. I guess not.
Thank you for taking the trouble to reply.
Leslie
Automatic repeat key is disabled as being dangerous to unwary users.
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