Right click subfolder menu inconsistent for compact folder

[MongoTuslan]

I am using Thunderbird 140.6.0esr (portable), and I have found that keeping subfolders compact is essential for stability when moving the files between computers.  At one time, there was a menu item for "Compact Folders" which would compact all subfolders in a subfolder, but that went away a while ago.  What I have to do now is right click on every subfolder and click on "Compact".  What I would like is a keyboard shortcut, and this exists for folders, but subfolders have two menu items that use "C":  "Copy to" and "Compact".  So I have to right-click, hit "C" twice, then enter.  This gets very tedious when I have dozens of subfolders to compact.  

Please change the subfolder right click menu to be consistent with the folder right click menu so that "C" performs Compact Folder in both.

[Jon]

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[siffemcon]

There is still a Menu bar option for Compact Folders, which compacts all subfolders:

TB Menu Bar > File > Compact Folders

(Most don't see the top [menu bar](https://i.imgur.com/OTvCzJ6.png), as it's hidden by default. If you don't see it, press the ALT key. To make the menu bar always visible, press ALT + V, then T, then M.)

[MongoTuslan]

siffemcon:

I thought this used to work, but had stopped working,  There is a trick to this which I discovered today: 

The file, "Local Folders", must be selected first.  After that, selecting, "Compact Folders" will compact all subfolders under it.  Selecting a subfolder with subfolders under it and then selecting "Compact Folders" will not compact the subfolders under it.   

Thank you for pointing this out, this is a big help. 

This still does not fix the logical inconsistency of the right-click menus, but this should make it easier to live with it.  

[MongoTuslan]

siffemcon: 

Thank you for this good advice. 

A recent update had hidden the top menu bar and I did not know how to get it back until now. 

I had seen the menu option for Compact Folders, but it did not seem to work for me.  I tried it again today and discovered there is a trick to it:  it only works when the top level folder is selected.  I was selecting a subfolder under "Local Folders", and "Compact Folders" was not compacting the subfolders under the subfolder.  When I select "Local Folders" first, then "Compact Folders" compacts all subfolders and all subfolders under subfolders.  

So, thanks again for great advice that will be a big help.  

This still does not fix the logical inconsistency of the right-click subfolder menus, but I guess I can live with it now.  

This is the second time I have made this comment, but I couldn't see that it was posted, so I apologize for any redundancy.