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Select email above when deleting email

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mioln
mioln
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Hello,

I have my inbox in Thunderbird sorted in descending order by date. When I delete an email the whole list "shifts up" and the newly focused/selected email is the email that took the place of the delete email.

What I would like to know how to do (if it is possible) is how to configure Thunderbird so that when I delete an email, the email above the deleted email becomes the newly selected email.

For example, if I have a list of 3 emails and email B is selected:

A B <-- C

After deleting B, I would like A to be selected instead of C.

Is this possible to do? Ideally the solution would still allow me to sort my emails in descending order by date.

Thanks,

OS: Manjaro Linux TB Version: 78.5.1

Hello, I have my inbox in Thunderbird sorted in descending order by date. When I delete an email the whole list "shifts up" and the newly focused/selected email is the email that took the place of the delete email. What I would like to know how to do (if it is possible) is how to configure Thunderbird so that when I delete an email, the email above the deleted email becomes the newly selected email. For example, if I have a list of 3 emails and email B is selected: A B <-- C After deleting B, I would like A to be selected instead of C. Is this possible to do? Ideally the solution would still allow me to sort my emails in descending order by date. Thanks, OS: Manjaro Linux TB Version: 78.5.1

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See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/996042

Edit/Preferences/General/Indexing/Config. editor.

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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Chosen Solution

See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/996042

Edit/Preferences/General/Indexing/Config. editor.

mioln
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Works! Thanks!

Alec
Alec
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I had the same issue and found this solution but it only half works. I have multiple email accounts and when I access them individually this solution works fine, but when I access them using "Unified Folders" then it doesn't work. Is there a way of having unified folders honour the mail.delete_matches_sort_order setting?