#315 accepted
infotexture

Mark Folder Read

Reported by infotexture | January 8th, 2013 @ 06:28 PM

Many IMAP clients include a context menu item and/or menu command to mark all messages in a selected folder as read in one action, without having to select individual messages. For example:

  • Apple Mail – Mark All Messages as Read
  • Thunderbird/Postbox – Mark Folder Read
  • Outlook – Mark All as Read

I really miss this in MailMate.

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  • benny

    benny January 9th, 2013 @ 10:40 AM

    • State changed from “new” to “accepted”

    Personally I would just ⌘A and then ⌥⌘U (maybe twice).

    I think this would also work as a custom key binding (untested):

    "A" = ( "selectAll:", "setTag:", "\\Seen" );
    

    But I guess for the most often used case of 'mark all as read' I could hardcode a menu item to do it. Until then consider the above the recommended workarounds.

  • Andrew Selder
  • benny

    benny August 7th, 2013 @ 07:39 AM

    Note that there are now special key bindings available for this (but still no hardcoded menu item). Read about custom key bindings here and see the list of mailbox related key bindings here.

    A key binding for marking all as read could be done like this (bound to uppercase A):

    "A" = ( "mailboxSetTag:", "setTag:", "\\Seen" );
    

    I'll keep the ticket open for the addition of a hardcoded menu item, but I haven't really decided whether or not I want to add it. On a related note, I cannot seem to locate such a menu item in Apple Mail (and its shortcut)?

  • infotexture

    infotexture August 7th, 2013 @ 11:18 AM

    I added the new keybinding to my custom plist, but it doesn't seem to work when selecting a mailbox in the sidebar. Tried tabbing to place focus on the message list, still no luck. (I changed the key to "R" since I already use "a" to Archive. My Custom Key Bindings hierarchy is Postbox, Mine).

    I cannot seem to locate such a menu item in Apple Mail (and its shortcut)?

    You'll find it in the context menu when you select a folder in the sidebar.

  • Steve Mayer

    Steve Mayer August 7th, 2013 @ 02:45 PM

    I also am unable to make use of this keybinding. I'm using build 3598, and I've tried it as shown above as well as ("mailboxSetTag:", "\Seen"); Neither assignment produces results.

    Thanks

  • benny

    benny August 8th, 2013 @ 12:45 PM

    Sorry about the typo, the correct syntax is:

    "A" = ( "mailboxSetTag:", "\\Seen" );
    

    @steve: Try again and make sure the key bindings are reloaded. This currently only happens if you relaunch MailMate or disable/enable key bindings in the General preferences pane. Also note that my example uses a capital A. It's ⇧A and not just the A key.

    @infotexture: Ah, it's a dynamic menu item. It wasn't there because I had no unread messages.

  • Steve Mayer

    Steve Mayer August 8th, 2013 @ 03:33 PM

    Okay, I had two issues:

    1. The key combo I was using conflicted with something else.

    2. As this is a mailbox operation, I was clicking on the mailbox folder in the left hand pane and pressing the key combo. Nothing happens. If I click into the message list and execute the key combo, now the entire folder is marked as Seen. This part is unintuitive. The mailbox action should occur from the mailbox focus, not the message list focus. Just my personal opinion of course.

    Thanks!

  • benny

    benny August 10th, 2013 @ 03:07 PM

    @steve: 2. Yes, this is a bug. I've fixed it (and it works no matter which view is in focus).

  • Steve Mayer

    Steve Mayer August 11th, 2013 @ 02:42 PM

    Verified that item 2. has been resolved with build 3603.

    Thanks for the quick response Benny!

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