Thunderbird's Quick Filter's buttons should not move when applied

[jeffvav]

When Thunderbird's Quick Filter is initially summoned, it shows a text field, with buttons that are right justified to the window.

When filtering criteria are met, such as simply clicking the "Show only unread messages" button, the message count appears to the right of the filter buttons, shifting them to the left.

As a result, if a desktop user wants to toggle the "Show only unread messages" (or other) button on then off again, they must "chase" the button to its new location, which requires looking back for the new location of the button bar and moving the mouse.

I would suggest the message count appear between the text box and the filter buttons, so that the filter buttons do not relocate.

i.e. before application of a filter, the Quick Filter bar appears as:

[Filter messages... <CTRL>+<SHIFT>+<K>             ][icon][icon][icon][icon][icon]

After application, it currently it appears as

[Filter messages... <CTRL>+<SHIFT>+<K>][ICON][icon][icon][icon][icon] 15 messages

whereas I suggest:

[Filter messages... <CTRL>+<SHIFT>+<K>] 15 messages [ICON][icon][icon][icon][icon]

So that the buttons (illustrated here as [icon] with [ICON] as the enabled filter), do not move upon application, and so the user may simply click the mouse button a second time to disable the filter just applied, without having to visually consult the button's new location and move the mouse pointer.

[Jon]

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[wsm]

I no longer remember in which version this was fixed, but this should not be happening in version 140 https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/140.0esr/releasenotes/

@jeffvav do you agree?

[ZaneyLopes]

So true

[jeffvav]

Afraid not. There's now a delay toggling it from on to off but that was unrelated to what I was reporting, which was that the buttons need to be chased in the initial toggle from off to on (which still happens).

Note the problem only occurred (and still does) if the Thunderbird window is sufficiently narrow that the toggle from off to on requires the filter's text box to be shortened to make room for the "X messages" report, which results in the buttons moving left when "X messages" appears.

My workaround since reporting this was to make the window sufficiently wide that a resize of the text box isn't required when a filter is applied.