[Users] Sorting the message list

[Erik P. Olsen]

Mojn,

On 2020-04-02 at 16:07:34 Little Girl wrote:

> Hey there,
> 
> Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> >On 2020-04-01 at 16:18:31 Little Girl wrote:
> >  
> >> You should be able to click the header in the "From" or "To" column
> >> in your message list to sort by email address, which will also
> >> separate the various domains within the addresses.    
> >
> >I don't see this on my system. Maybe it has been dropped in 3.17.5.
> >I've noticed you are on an older version (3.13.2).  
> 
> I am, but I believe none of it has changed. Here are all the steps:
> 
> 	01. Click on "Preferences" in the toolbar.
> 	02. Click on "Display" in the left pane.
> 	03. Click on "Summaries" in the left pane.
> 	04. Click on the "Edit" button next to "Displayed columns" at
> 	the bottom of the "Message list" section in the right pane.
> 	05. Make sure the "From" column has been added to the right
> 	side of the window that opens up, adding it if it isn't.
> 	06. Click the "OK" button.
> 	07. Click the "Apply" button.
> 	08. Click the "OK" button.
> 	09. Click on "View" in the toolbar.
> 	10. Make sure there's no check in the box next to "Thread
> 	View" in the menu that opens up.
> 	11. Click on the heading in the "From" column in the message
> 	list to sort the messages.
> 

Well, that's exactly the way my CM is set up and I cannot sort the columns by clicking
the headers. I usually run the Danish version but I opened the English to check that out
and the result was the same, no column sorting.

It's not a problem for me, I just wanted to mention that column sorting doesn't always
work.

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Erik P. Olsen - Copenhagen, Denmark
Fedora 31/64 bit Linux xfce Claws-Mail POP3 Gramps 5.1.2 Bacula 9.4.4