[Users] Keyboard Navigation in Message View

[Dustin Miller]

On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 12:36:15 +0600
Dustin Miller <dustbiz at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Aug 2020 08:28:49 +0600
> Dustin Miller <dustbiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:09:38 +0600
> > Dustin Miller <dustbiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> >   
> > > Linux Mint 20 XFCE (based on Ubuntu 20.04)
> > > Claws Mail (CM) 3.17.6
> > >   
> > > The following is a list of things that I wish could be changed (in
> > > the code or by a setting) in relation to how the keyboard
> > > navigation works when viewing an email in the message pane of the
> > > primary CM interface:
> > > 
> > > * 1. Pressing the 'Space' key moves you down one screen view (i.e.
> > >   'page'). If you are already at the bottom, it attempts to move
> > > you to the next unread message in the same folder, and if there
> > > are none in that folder, it will attempt to move you to an unread
> > > message in a different folder. I wish that it would do nothing
> > > when you are at the bottom of the message. (I think this behavior
> > > has been present for a good number of versions, at least since I
> > > started using CM.) 
> DM: As a workaround for this issue, I tried to go to 'View' - 'Message
> Scroll' - 'Next Page' and assign the 'Space' key to it by pressing
> 'Space', but that simply closes the menu w/o assigning it. Is the
> inability to do this a bug or a feature?
> > > 
DM: As another attempted workaround, I tried to assign the 'PageUp' and
'PageDown' keys (also common and intuitive outside of Claws) to
'Previous Page' and 'Next Page' but that is not possible either
(v3.17.4, on Lubuntu 18.04); pressing these just moves you up and down
in the menu. Is the inability to assign these a bug or a feature?

DM: I was, however, able to assign 'Ctrl + PageUp' and 'Ctrl +
PageDown', so I may decide to go with that as a 'tolerable' workaround
(assuming they work the same on v3.17.6 as they do on v3.17.4, in
regards to resolving all three of the issues mentioned in my original
post).

DM: If any developers feel that anything in this thread is a bug that
should be reported, let me know, and I'll be happy to do that. Thanks,
---Dustin