Bug 4503

Summary: message view does not automatically grab focus
Product: Claws Mail Reporter: Dan <dan76>
Component: Plugins/FancyAssignee: users
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: trivial CC: dustbiz
Priority: P3    
Version: 4.0.0   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Linux   

Description Dan 2021-07-14 02:27:52 UTC 
With Claws gtk+ 2 version, we could hit the space bar to read the message and it will focus the message view (so we can scroll down the message just using space bar).

Now with Claws Mail 4.0.0 and Fancy GTK+ 3, the focus remains in the summary view, so if we want to scroll down the message, we need to click on the message view in order to focus it and after that we're able to scroll down the message with the space bar.

Could you restore the old gtk+2 behaviour? In fact, for text messages (without Fancy), Claws focus correctly focus in the message view, so I wonder if the problem is with Fancy GTK+3.

Thanks!
Comment 1 Dustin 2021-08-08 14:41:35 UTC 
I'm guessing there's at least some overlap of this bug with Bug #4516 (https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4516).
Comment 2 Paul 2021-08-08 15:52:38 UTC 
The problem here is that the html view does not automatically have the focus. You need to use the TAB key to move the focus to it first.
Comment 3 Paul 2021-08-08 15:52:45 UTC 
*** Bug 4516 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Dustin 2021-08-08 16:56:37 UTC 
(In reply to Paul from comment #3)
As mentioned in a comment on Bug 4516, my experience suggests that it is not a duplicate of this bug.
Comment 5 Paul 2021-08-18 12:10:40 UTC 
*** Bug 4516 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***