[Users] [Bug 3951] New: First unread message selected surprisingly in some scenarios

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            Bug ID: 3951
           Summary: First unread message selected surprisingly in some
                    scenarios
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: Claws Mail
           Version: 3.16.0
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: UI/Message List
          Assignee: users at lists.claws-mail.org
          Reporter: shai at platonix.com

I've seen three scenarios, which are really two, where the first unread message
in the folder is selected. In some of these scenarios it is annoying because it
moves the selection far from where it was (and where it was expected to be). In
all of them it is also annoying in combination with the "mark message as read:
when selected" setting, because if one is not careful, messages get marked as
read when the user wanted to keep them unread.

The first scenario is when the selected message becomes unavailable to display,
and not through an explicit delete or move operation. I've seen two cases of
this:

(1) When the selected message is moved by an action (e.g. marking as spam)

(2) When searching the folder, and the selected message does not match the
search criteria, but some other unread message does

The second scenario is the converse -- when you're in a folder, no message is
selected, but unread messages suddenly become available to display

(3) After searching a folder using criteria which match nothing, no message is
selected. Clearing the search criteria then selects the first unread message

Ideally, in case (1) above the behavior should be ruled by the next_on_delete
setting, and in cases (2) and (3) by the
default-selection-when-entering-a-folder setting. I'd also consider "no
selection" as reasonable behavior in all three cases, but this may just be my
bias (my default-selection-when-entering is set to "previously selected;
none").

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