Bug 3233

Summary:	confirm large folder moves
Product:	Claws Mail (GTK 2)	Reporter:	Pierre Fortin <pf>
Component:	Folders	Assignee:	users
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.11.0
Hardware:	PC
OS:	All

Description Pierre Fortin 2014-07-27 03:49:32 UTC

I generally don't care for "Confirm" dialogs... but...  

Due to a flaky mouse, while scrolling the folder list, my system got a 'move folder' event.  The folder that got accidentally grabbed/moved has 273 sub-folders and nearly 28000 messages.

Searched for hidden confirm/move options; but none found.

This "move" brought to light that, accidental or deliberate, large moves take quite a while and there's no way to stop/abort the process.  Even [fg+]Ctrl-Z is ignored until the move completes.

Could a confirm dialog be added?  Stopping a move is another option, though it probably would only be possible between folders...  and only if cache and filter updates happen in sync with the moves.

Comment 1 Pierre Fortin 2014-07-27 04:00:44 UTC

Re Ctrl-Z...  ignore that comment.

Comment 2 brad@fineby.me.uk 2014-07-27 07:46:24 UTC

By default, CM *does* display a "Confirm Move" dialog.  It also has a check box that allows you to disable it for future moves.  Maybe you inadvertently disabled the confirm dialog some time in the past.

Look for warn_dnd in CM's prefs file. Probably from 0 to 1.  With CM *not* running, obviously.

Comment 3 brad@fineby.me.uk 2014-07-27 07:47:44 UTC

Damn.  That should read:

....warn_dnd.  Change it, probably from 0 to 1......