For example, given the hierarchy: forms 0 0 0 2009 0 3 29 2010 0 0 15 2011 0 2 7 it would be nice if the 'forms' folder showed the total of the three folders within it, thus: forms 0 5 51 2009 0 3 29 2010 0 0 15 2011 0 2 7 I hope that this would apply to the RSSyl folder as well.
I would love this enhancement as well. This enhancement report has sparked a conversation in the Claws Mail mailing list with the current overwhelming consensus being to leave it as is to prevent confusion. I propose making it optional by offering users a box to tick in Configuration --> Preferences.
I am astonished that anyone would argue against the enhancement. See for example KMail or kagregator; the total-of-folders figure only appears when the folder is collapsed, so there is no confusion. Regretably, the KSC continues to be unreliable, even in 4.7.2, as well as a performance hog, which is why I am now using claws (on XFCE). A further option that I would like to see is that 0 figures should be suppressed, as this would greatly reduce clutter on the summary view.
I think those who are against it are probably used to (and comfortable with) the current method of display. As to 0 figures being suppressed, that would be a nice option for those of you who would like it, but I'm content with them being displayed since it's just three icons. (:
Hi, > As to 0 figures being suppressed, that would be a nice option for those of you > who would like it, but I'm content with them being displayed since it's just > three icons. (: Checkout the hidden 'zero_replacement_char' preference for that...
Concerning the original enhancement request, a tooltip may be the best solution. Having a single column displaying different kind of data is completely anti-intuitive in my opinion...
"different kind of data" ? The column shows 'number of contained messages', either directly or indirectly contained. Simple.
> Checkout the hidden 'zero_replacement_char' preference for that... That should work perfectly for those who want it. (: > Having a single column displaying different kind of data is completely anti-intuitive in my opinion... It's actually about all three columns - the New, Unread, and Total columns. As an example, I have a folder called Archives. There are no messages stored directly in that folder, but there are three sub-folders in it, each of which contains messages. The way the columns work currently, even though there are 6 new messages, 6 unread messages, and 18 total messages in the sub-folders, the numbers in the columns of the Archives folder tell me there are 0 new messages, 0 unread messages, and 0 total messages: Archives 0 0 0 Folder One 1 1 3 Folder Two 2 2 6 Folder Three 3 3 9 Here is how they would look if the numbers in the Archives folder gave me the totals from the sub-folders: Archives 6 6 18 Folder One 1 1 3 Folder Two 2 2 6 Folder Three 3 3 9 From the responses to this bug in the mailing list I know some people prefer to have the numbers reflect only the totals of any messages directly in a folder and not have it add in the totals from sub-folders. As a result, it would be nice to have this be optional. (: