Please allow for "Fixed" locations for delete and other buttons

[jrconlin]

When going through my email, I often encounter individual messages and message threads. These two different message types have different button bars displayed. I often review my mail in a session, and it would be very useful if I could keep my mouse in the same location to quickly delete either.

As it is, I may be deleting a large number of single emails, but then accidentally archive a mail thread I did not intend because the button shifted.

[wsm]

Does Bug 844475 - When selecting multiple messages, archive and delete buttons should use the same positi... - describe the issue?

[jrconlin]

Yep. I think it captures the problem quite well. Thank you!

[Toad-Hall]

Maybe part of same issue as bug report:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=844475

This is a long standing design flaw.  When using 'threaded' option,  some emails will be single emails and others will have threads. If threads are collapsed, when selecting emails, the position of the Archive button and the Delete button move when a thread is selected or not. If you previously were selecting threads and clicking on 'Archive' and suddenly you have a single email and in the Rhythm of clicking you will now accidentally click on 'Delete' as all the buttons suddenly move. Equally, if deleting a load of single emails and then select one with a thread, suddenly it got archived and not deleted. However, this is not so obvious if you use gmail, because they just remove the label and store in All Mail. But many people do not subscribe to see 'All Mail' as it just doubles the use of space, so they have no idea it's not deleted. 

So it's just inconvenient, but if people delete by accident and also have the setting to empty trash on exit then you are looking at potential data loss.

Thunderbird developers need to be looking for a solution which does not move the position of the Archive and Delete buttons.

Additional:

But maybe the postee of this issue, is also talking about the moving of the 'Reply' button more to left when an email also has the option to 'Reply to List'. Normal expected reopsitioning.

Maybe the issue depends upon whether Text suddenly alters to just icons due to space.  I would suggest the postee uses the Thunderbird Support Forum to ask for some input on the issue to see if this i due to a particular setting or use of an addon extensions. Obviously there is a need to see various images showing this significant alteration between a delete and a reply. 

[wsm]

I'll merge this to https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/please-allow-for-quot-fixed-quot-locations-for-delete-and-other... which requests the same thing.

[wsm]

I believe the reporter is referring to button positioning in the message pane header area, which makes this a match to https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/please-allow-for-quot-fixed-quot-locations-for-delete-and-other.... I will merge the two.