Thunderbird Recent Destinations List should be alphabetical

[LB6860]

A recent update changed the Recent Destinations List under "Move To" and "Copy To" from an alphabetical list to a Most-Recently-Used (MRU) list, which really hampers the usability. What I have now is a random list of 25 folders that I have to search through to see if the one I want is somewhere in the list. Before the update I could easily go down the alphabetically ordered list and quickly find the folder I want. Now it's a hot mess. Please revert back to the alphabetical ordering or make it a user option. Thanks!

[Milinda]

@wsm Ver 150 received. You can NOW mark as delivered!🤣

[LB6860]

It's fixed in version 150, which is now released. 🎉

There's also a setting for the maximum number of folders to include.

[53richat]

Thank you to everyone who played a part in this fix! My Thunderbird is much more versatile now and having alpha sort is saving me a ton of time when filing email to local folders.

[bigleaf33]

I concur with this observation. I would also like to have a setting for list length. Mine appears to be stuck at 10.

[jimofh]

Yes -- many thanks to all who helped resolved this issue -- the new alpha sort is so much more helpful and useful to me!

[LB6860]

@bigleaf33 There is now a setting for list length: go to Tools, Settings, General, scroll down to "Folder Management Options", and there you can set the Maximum number of recent folders.

[53richat]

bigleaf33, are you on version 150.0.1?
Tools>Settings>General>Folder Management Options has selections to set
"Sort Order" to either Alphabetical or Most Recent and
"Maximum number of recent folders" anywhere from 1 to 50

[Paul7]

Thanks to all involved for bringing back the alphabetical sort!!!

[Mike_Gibbons]

Indeed, thanks to all who have made this change, much appreciated

[wsm]

@bigleaf33 does the problem still reproduce if you have started with Help > Troubleshoot Mode?

[kszerviz]

Yes please, restore this! Also since the last update, there is much less options in the menu.

[wsm]

@kszerviz wrote:
> Yes please, restore this! Also since the last update, there is much less options in the menu.

If you have version 150, then this is fixed.

[sederb]

The change from alpha sort to sort by most recent is a pain. Alpha sort is so much easier to navigate and find the destination you want as it may have been a while since you last used it. I have frustration with this "most recent" sort.

[wsm]

@sederb Please read @53richat at https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/thunderbird-recent-destinations-list-should-be-alphabetical/idc...

[sederb]

This may work for windows systems but on fedora linux there is no similar setting under edit/settings/general or any other sections. searching for "folder management" reveals no answer in settings search.

Using release 148.0 (64-bit) linux which is the latest available for fedora 43.