Single Table for Account Folders Settings

[Ford_Prefect]

Currently, settings for email account folders must be adjusted in multiple places. The scattered nature of this design prevents users from quickly and clearly understanding the settings, making it difficult to find, discover and adjust them.

... There is a setting menu for search, to check what folders should be included in global search
... There are individual setting menus for whether a folder should be
    • ... synchronized
    • ... kept local
    • ... and so on...

Suggestion:

Single Design:
The following suggested layout (table) would easily improve this. Per account and folder settings would get nicely bundled. All interfaces that (currently) handle aspects/subsets of account folders could easily refere to the same table.

Benefits:
Creating a sense of familiarity with the matter in users. Not only presenting the user always with the same interface, but also providing context on what else could be set on a folder.

	Synchronize	Locally Available	Global Search	Web Search
▼ {account:name}	☑	▣	▣	☑
└─ 📬 Inbox	☑	☑	☑	☑
└─ 📂 Archiv	☑	☐	☐	☑
▶ {account:name}	☑	☐	☐	☐

☑ = checked
☐ = unchecked
▣ = Summery of subordinate folders; some checked, some unchecked
NOTE: Changing the setting for a parent folder, also could adjusts the setting accordingly for all subordinate folders.

[Jon]

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