Closed
Bug 40861
Opened 25 years ago
Closed 15 years ago
3pane context menu: Account level should match spec
Categories
(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)
SeaMonkey
MailNews: Message Display
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
WONTFIX
People
(Reporter: mozilla-linux, Unassigned)
References
(Blocks 1 open bug, )
Details
(Keywords: helpwanted, polish)
Tested on Linux build 2000052608.
If you right click on an account, the following menu items are disabled:
Rename Account...
Remove Account...
Search Messages...
Account Properties...
cc: nbaca.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
QA Contact: lchiang → nbaca
Summary: Account menu has items disabled → context menu: Account menu has items disabled
Comment 2•25 years ago
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Additional Information: According to the Mail Menu Spec the following items
should be present for the Mail Server/Account Level context menu:
1. Get Messages for Account (already enabled)
2. New Folder (already enabled but should follow "Get Messages for Account")
3. Rename Account
4. Delete Account
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5. Search Messages
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6. Account Properties
Summary: context menu: Account menu has items disabled → 3pane context menu: Account menu has items disabled
Updated•25 years ago
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Target Milestone: --- → M18
Comment 3•24 years ago
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Changing Summary slightly.
Summary: 3pane context menu: Account menu has items disabled → 3pane context menu: Account level should match spec
Comment 4•24 years ago
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- Rename Account: Alec, can the account level be renamed from the context menu?
Currently this item is disabled.
- Account Properties: Is currently disabled in the context menu and the Edit
menu. Depends on bug# 10877 and bug# 32714.
Comment 5•24 years ago
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Rename Account: It's just not implemented.. so we should probably just leave it
there, but disabled
Account Properties: same as above, and those dependancies sound correct.
Comment 6•24 years ago
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I spoke with jglick and she recommended removing items that don't show a dialog.
This would mean removing "Rename Account" and "Account Properties".
Comment 8•24 years ago
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Adding putterman@netscape.com to Cc: list.
Comment 10•24 years ago
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If you have a patch, get a review and approval by going through the Mozilla
review/approval process.
But, not holding Netscape PR3 for, so - per mail triage
Whiteboard: [nsbeta3-]
Keywords: helpwanted,
mozilla0.9
Target Milestone: M18 → mozilla0.9
Now that account central is in, is this still going to be valid?
Comment 12•24 years ago
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Stephend: of course! This is about the context menus you get when
contextclicking on a server/account.. independending of the account central content.
Yes, but when you click on an account level now, you are forced to view Account
Central, which has (or will have) all of the same context menu items.
Comment 14•24 years ago
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I think its important for users who like context menus. I vote to keep them.
Agreed..."Let it be" :-)
Comment 16•24 years ago
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Only two issues left :
The context menu shows "Properties..." instead of "Account Properties..."
There is no separator between "Search Messages" and "Properties".
Account Properties has been hooked up and enabled. "Rename Account" is possible
in the Account Properties, but not available from the context menu. Should we
also have that context menu item?
Once we get the specs correctly I'll produce a little patch.. let's polish! ;)
OS->All
OS: Linux → All
Comment 17•24 years ago
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Adding jglick to the Cc list since Fabian stated that the specs needed an update.
How specifically should they be updated?
(Mail Main Menu spec,
http://mozilla.org/mailnews/specs/threepane/MailMenus.html#Context.
Comment 18•24 years ago
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It's more an answer to my questions than an update of the specs that is needed :
1)Do we change the wording from "Properties..." to "Account Properties..."?
2)Should there be a "Rename Account" context menu item? (It is already possible
to rename using the "Account Properties" dialog).
Thanks.
Comment 19•24 years ago
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I think both would be good if possible.
- I like "Rename Account" by itself because not all users will know that you can
rename an account by selecting "Properties".
- According to the spec when an account level is selected, its context menu
should include an "Account Properties..." item.
Comment 20•24 years ago
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stop right there! :)
we already have a bug about "Properties..." menuitem should be context
sensitive. I don't have the time to look it up though.
Comment 21•24 years ago
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It appears to be Bug# 65995, "Edit | Properties" should be context specific"
Updated•23 years ago
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Target Milestone: mozilla0.9.2 → mozilla0.9.3
Comment 22•23 years ago
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so a missing seperator? and rename (do we have a dialog for just renaming or
can we do ILE or do we load properties for now?) and the context sensitivity
for 'Properties' (which i'm not sure i like but which is covered in the other
bug)
Depends on: 65995
Keywords: mozilla0.9,
nsbeta3
Hardware: PC → All
Whiteboard: [nsbeta3-]
Target Milestone: mozilla0.9.3 → mozilla0.9.4
Comment 23•23 years ago
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the sand in the 0.9.4 bottle has run out. try for 0.9.5. thanks - chofmann
Target Milestone: mozilla0.9.4 → mozilla0.9.5
Comment 24•23 years ago
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i'll recollect after i get answers.
Assignee: timeless → jglick
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Target Milestone: mozilla0.9.5 → ---
Comment 25•23 years ago
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Spec has:
Get Messages for Account
New Folder...
Subscribe...
Rename Account
Delete Account
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Search Messages...
Account Properties
Product has:
Subscribe...
Get Messages for Account
New Folder...
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Search Messages...
Properties...
1.Changing Properties to Account Properties should be fixed with bug 65995.
2.Rename Account would need a new dialog (or open the Acct Settings panel with
Account Name with focus). Since "Properties" will also bring the user to the
Acct Settings panel where they can change the account name (and since hopefully
users won't be changing account names very often), I suggest we leave this item
out for now. Thoughts?
3. Delete Account. Again, since its not already implemented, "Properties" will
bring the user to a place where they can delete an account, and deleting an
account should be a rare task, I suggest we leave this item out for now also.
Thoughts?
4. So, the only thing remaining is:
a. Remove "..." from "Properties"
b. Reorder items as follows:
Get Messages for Account
New Folder...
Subscribe...
----------------
Search Messages...
Properties
How does that sound? Small context menu with only more basic/common type tasks.
Comment 26•23 years ago
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ok; i'll try to do this tomorrow unless i get real work.
in some other bug, i'll complain about subscribe getting ellipsis, since the
action you're doing is really managing subscriptions (perhap we should change
the text?).
Assignee: jglick → timeless
Updated•23 years ago
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QA Contact: nbaca → olgam
Comment 27•23 years ago
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A short update: Jennifer updated the spec, see URL above.
Currently Properties menu item is disable, since it is not completely
implemented yet.
Comment 28•22 years ago
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*** Bug 183460 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: Browser → Seamonkey
Updated•16 years ago
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Assignee: timeless → mail
Priority: P3 → --
QA Contact: olgam → search
Comment 29•15 years ago
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Spec is out of date.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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