[Users] Pesky Message View that keeps coming back

[alb348 at gmail.com]

On 2014-02-04 03:14, Chad Wallace wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 16:04:22 +0100
> alb348 at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I open the message simply by pressing the Return key, and as I result
>> I always get the Message View at the bottom, despite the fact that I
>> had just disabled it in the View > Show or Hide menu.
>> With regard with the 'open message when selected' option in the
>> Display/Summaries, it was set on Never. I have also tried changing it
>> but it makes no difference.
>
> I remember having the same problem when I switched from Thunderbird
> many moons ago.  I eventually just gave up--if you can't beat 'em, join
> 'em.  Now I prefer having it all in one window.  However, I do remember
> being annoyed for a while about having to change.
>
> I think the root of the problem is the action defined for the Enter
> key vs. double-clicking the mouse.  Usually, hitting Enter does the same
> thing as double-clicking, but in Claws hitting Enter opens the message
> in the message view (re-opening it if it was hidden) and
> double-clicking with the mouse opens it in a new window.
>
> It would make more sense to me if Enter and double-click did the same
> thing.  Specifically, both would show the message, either a) in the
> message view if it's visible or b) in a new window if the message view
> is hidden.
>
> Of course, I'm sure there are others with different opinions on the
> matter...

Is it a bug or a feature? It looks like a bug to me... After all, if you 
manually
set the Message View as OFF, it should remain off.

I would really appreciate if some of the developers could look into it.
Do I have to report it on the bug tracking system?