thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Provide a message when a message list is empty
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type: enhancement
- Dominant language
- Kotlin
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Description
Expected behavior
- There should be an indication if zero results are found
- There should be an indication if a folder is actually empty
Actual behavior
There is no indication when zero results are found - users are left to guess if the search is still going on or if it hasn't found anything
Steps to reproduce
- Do a search that finds nothing
Environment
K-9 Mail version: 5.201
Android version: N/A
Account type (IMAP, POP3, WebDAV/Exchange): N/A
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the Android message-list screen and its search results handling. Check how empty folders and searches with zero results are represented, then verify that each case shows a distinct empty-state indication instead of leaving the list blank.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100