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After removing a Quick Filter, the message selection is retained, prefer it to go to most current msg

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When I remove a Quick Filter, I'd like the list to move to the most recent message (my msg lists are sorted by date desc). Instead what happens is that after showing the full list, which includes redrawing the list so that it moves to the top, it forces the re-selection of the message that was selected when the Quick Filter was in place. What happens, a lot, is that after checking a message via filter from months ago, the filter is released, the full list appears briefly, I select the top message if I'm quick, and then it re-selects the message from months ago. I then have to scroll to the top or use ctrl home.

It's very stubborn about this behavior. Even if I

  • select another email account which would not contain any hits for the filter
  • wait for it to build that list
  • select an email at the top of that list
  • select the All Accounts top level Inbox folder

it will re-select the email that was selected when the filter was in place.

I filter a lot and each time I have to fiddle around with this to return to the top of the unfiltered list, which takes time.

It seems like a rather lame behavior, not sure if it acts like this by design or not. But it be better to at least have the option to have thunderbird go to the first message in the list. By the time the Quick Filter is released, doesn't it make sense to return to what would have to be the normal selection for most users, the top of the list?

When I remove a Quick Filter, I'd like the list to move to the most recent message (my msg lists are sorted by date desc). Instead what happens is that after showing the full list, which includes redrawing the list so that it moves to the top, it forces the re-selection of the message that was selected when the Quick Filter was in place. What happens, a lot, is that after checking a message via filter from months ago, the filter is released, the full list appears briefly, I select the top message if I'm quick, and then it re-selects the message from months ago. I then have to scroll to the top or use ctrl home. It's very stubborn about this behavior. Even if I * select another email account which would not contain any hits for the filter * wait for it to build that list * select an email at the top of that list * select the All Accounts top level Inbox folder it will re-select the email that was selected when the filter was in place. I filter a lot and each time I have to fiddle around with this to return to the top of the unfiltered list, which takes time. It seems like a rather lame behavior, not sure if it acts like this by design or not. But it be better to at least have the option to have thunderbird go to the first message in the list. By the time the Quick Filter is released, doesn't it make sense to return to what would have to be the normal selection for most users, the top of the list?

Isisombululo esikhethiwe

I use quick filter a lot, so I am familiar with this behavior. I don't think it will be changed any time soon.

But you can use back and forward message history navigation. Keys are [ and ] respectively, listed at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-thunderbird

You can also add buttons for these to the unified toolbar with "customize".

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Isisombululo Esikhethiwe

I use quick filter a lot, so I am familiar with this behavior. I don't think it will be changed any time soon.

But you can use back and forward message history navigation. Keys are [ and ] respectively, listed at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-thunderbird

You can also add buttons for these to the unified toolbar with "customize".

OK, thanks for confirming and for the workaround.

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