thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Make harder moving messages to the wrong folder, instead of scrolling the list of folders

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Description

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  • I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.
App

Thunderbird for Android

App version

8.2

Where did you get the app from?

F-Droid

Android version

Irrelevant

Device model

No response

Steps to reproduce

When I want to move an email from Inbox to a different folder, K9 shows a list of directories, which I have to scroll. I have very long list of folders. That means, I press somewhere and then move my finger up, so that the desired folder appears.

Sometimes by accident, instead of scrolling I just press on a folder, and then the messages are moved in that folder, even if had not intended to move the messages there. And now, I even do not know which folder I pressed, since when I want to scroll I do not pay attention where I click to initiate the scrolling process.

The process of moving an email to a wrong folders must be made more complicated, so that it is not done by accident. This could mean showing a message (snackbar for some seconds), to which folders an email was moved, or adding a "Revert last move" action (or both). Or any other thing which makes it harder to select a mail-folder in the list of mail-folders, when I wanted actually to scroll that list.

Expected behavior

See above.

Actual behavior

See above.

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points; start by locating the Thunderbird for Android/K-9 message-moving flow and reproducing accidental folder selection with a long folder list. Compare possible interaction changes with the reported behavior, and consider the work done when unintended moves are harder to trigger and the destination can be identified or recovered.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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