Thunderbird - add ability to manually sort (order) folders in folder pane

[Itagaki]

Thunderbird can move folders to different hierarchies using drag and drop. However, it is not possible to move them within the same hierarchy, i.e. reorder them.

The "Manually sort folders" add-on had helped to sort folders, but with Thunderbird 115 (Supernova), it is no longer available. It is time to make it a proper feature.

I was involved in the development of the add-on to make it Thunderbird 78 compatible and later as a collaborator. So, as an option, I have considered developing another add-on for Thunderbird 115. This may not be impossible. (John is providing a POC.) But I would like to consider implementing the ability to sort folders properly in Thunderbird.

My current thinking and the work required has been described here.

1846550 - add ability to manually sort (order) folders in folder pane (mozilla.org)

[Itagaki]

@pjpac No, it will reorder the accounts, but it will not allow you to change the order of the folders and subfolders within each account.

[wsmwk]

@pjpac what you are referring to is ordering accounts. But the OP is requesting to reorder folders.

[pjpac]

OK, fair enough, apologies for the confusion.

[BillF]

I have an email account with folders in it. A few folders have subfolders. I would like the ability to sort the subfolders alphabetically. This used to function. It no longer functions. Is there an add-on or a newer version that will resolve this? Thank you.

[Itagaki]

My patch to allow users to change the order of folders in the current Thunderbird was not accepted. The reason is that the Thunderbird team is currently working on refactoring the folder structure and mechanics. Once that is done, I will probably have to revise the patch again.