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Thunderbird: "Move to $folder again" annoyance

poxydoxy — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 05:51:13 GMT

With the recent Thunderbird update to supernova (115.3.2), a new button has appeared when right clicking folders, labelled as "Move to $folder again".

Not only does this button not provide any confirmation before performing the move, but it can't be moved/disabled to prevent accidental misclicking.

5 times this week (both at work and home), I've gone to "Mark as read' a folder only to move it into a random folder, requiring me to manually undo the change and ultimately trigger a full IMAP resync for that folder.

This is driving me up the wall, I have to make a conscious effort when "Marking as read" folders to not accidentally move the folder instead and I still make the mistake when caught off guard.

Surely moving entire folders is not a task that's performed often by people to the extent it requires it own button? Let alone a button without any confirmation.

Re: Thunderbird: "Move to $folder again" annoyance

rhandel — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 02:53:04 GMT

Did you ever get an answer? This has happened to me so many times I am almost ready to dump Thunderbird. I would at least like a confirmation of the move to stop this from happening. Or an add on that works to do this.

Re: Thunderbird: "Move to $folder again" annoyance

jzorn — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 04:06:59 GMT

I did this today by accident, where can I find the folder to restore. Been trying to find it with no luck manually

Re: Thunderbird: "Move to $folder again" annoyance

poxydoxy — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 10:26:55 GMT

Update: Looks like they've removed this from the menu some time recently. Huzzuh.

Re: Thunderbird: "Move to $folder again" annoyance

poxydoxy — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 10:28:28 GMT

Never got an answer, however they did remove it from Thunderbird in an update some time since.