Thunderbird - Label Improvements

LukilueL — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:40:52 GMT

Hello!

I'd like to suggest some improvements regarding the labeling feature of :

First of all, labels are not sortable. So when creating a new label it automatically gets the last one in the list. This also applies for the label shortcuts (number keys 1-9) - if I wanted to have a specific shortcut for a label (e.g. "9" for the "important"-label) I'd need to create at least all the others in between to reach that shortcut number. ==> It would be very helpful to have the labels sortable (e.g. drag-n-drop) - or at least the possibility to create custom shortcuts for each of them.

Secondly, labels are not very much visible in card view. When in list view, the whole list item (mail) gets highlighted with the label color when selected, and even when not, the text color represents the label. Within card view, only a small icon is shown with the label color which is easy to oversee. ==> Emails in card view with a label should be highlighted with that label's color or at least adopt the text color from it for better visibility.

Finally, there should be a specific sidebar folder (like for all of the labels) for the starred (marked) messages across all accounts - because now it is not possible to have all starred messages visible within one list.

Thanks for considering those - please reply regarding any questions.

Greetings,
Lukas

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