nextcloud / nextcloud/mail

Edit tags of all e-mails in a thread simultaniously

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I would like to be able to edit tags of all e-mails in a thread in a single go.

Describe the solution you'd like

Selecting "Edit tags" in threaded view from the folder view should edit the tags of all e-mails in the thread.

Selecting "Edit tags of a single e-mail should only change the tags for that e-mail.

Whichever action was performed last takes priority.

When editing an entire thread's tags:

  1. only tags that are already set for all e-mails in the thread are shown as set
  2. setting/unsetting tags changes only those tags for all e-mails in the thread, so if other tags were set on individual e-mails in the thread, they are not changed
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Research direction

Start by tracing the threaded-view “Edit tags” action and the existing single-email tag-edit flow. Done means thread-level editing shows only tags shared by every email, changes only the selected tags across the thread, preserves other per-email tags, and leaves the last action’s scope effective.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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