Improved message selection

Geir · 26 Jun 2010, 06:05 AM

In Webmail, you can now select multiple messages by using the Shift key while clicking the messages, instead of having to check each checkbox individually. You can click anywhere in the message list rows (except for the actual links) to select a message.

The messages can then be e.g. moved to a folder by dragging one of the subject strings to the desired folder.

This makes it a lot easier to move or delete many messages at a time.

- Geir

tomhab · 28 Jun 2010, 08:07 PM

Nice! Been meaning to ask for this for a while, but kept forgetting...

gee_whiz · 29 Jun 2010, 12:13 AM

Nice addition. Thanks.

Does seem to have an odd bug though. If you open a message in a new window, the multiple selection is activated in the original window and once selected, a message can not be unselected. Refreshing the original window resets the multiple selection.

Happens at home using IE8 and Google Chrome on WIndows 7 64bit. Also at work using IE7 on Windows XP pro.

Geir · 29 Jun 2010, 07:12 AM

Thanks for the feedback!

gee_whiz: I couldn't reproduce this in Chrome on Win7 64bit. Could you provide some more details about how you open that message?...

- Geir

tomhab · 29 Jun 2010, 10:15 PM

Minor bug:

From the index view, if you start dragging a message towards a folder, but then stop, the message isn't highlighted blue. Small point I guess...

Another one which is related, is I keep on clicking on messages but it think I'm dragging it so don't do anything (because I dragged by 1px). Can you make it so if you've dragged the subject for less than 0.5 seconds, or less than 10px, then it links you to the message?

gee_whiz · 30 Jun 2010, 12:37 AM

I hold down shift key and click on subject to open a message in a new window. I close the new window when I am done with the message. Upon returning to the original window I find the mutiple select function activated and messages can not be unselected. Refreshing the original window clears this.

laverton · 30 Jun 2010, 07:43 AM

gee_whiz: This bug happens when the parent window hasn't registered that the shift key has been released, because the release event is sent to the child window. I've solved the problem by resetting the shift key variable (setting it to "not pressed") for the parent window when it loses focus. When you return to the parent window it doesn't think shift is still pressed.

tomhab:
First comment: Fixed!
Second comment: Good suggestion! It turns out the javascript-library we use supports delay and distance for draggable elements. I've set delay to 200ms, and distance to 30pixels, which means dragging starts after 200ms and 30 pixels movement. Seems to work very well, but please test!

kservik · 30 Jun 2010, 08:03 AM

Great stuff, Laverton

tomhab · 30 Jun 2010, 05:10 PM

Great! I reckon that's helped a lot in making it feel more usable

gee_whiz · 30 Jun 2010, 11:31 PM

Thanks. Something good, is even better now.

laverton · 1 Jul 2010, 06:45 AM

Actually I had to turn off the distance and delay parameters, because they only worked properly in Firefox

I'll see if I can find an alternative solution

laverton · 1 Jul 2010, 07:30 AM

I've made a manual timer, which should work like we expected the draggable library delay parameter to work. Please test!

26 Jun 2010, 06:05 AM	#1
Geir The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,938 Representative of: Runbox.com	Improved message selection In Webmail, you can now select multiple messages by using the Shift key while clicking the messages, instead of having to check each checkbox individually. You can click anywhere in the message list rows (except for the actual links) to select a message. The messages can then be e.g. moved to a folder by dragging one of the subject strings to the desired folder. This makes it a lot easier to move or delete many messages at a time. - Geir

29 Jun 2010, 12:13 AM	#3
gee_whiz Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4	Multiple Selection stuck on Nice addition. Thanks. Does seem to have an odd bug though. If you open a message in a new window, the multiple selection is activated in the original window and once selected, a message can not be unselected. Refreshing the original window resets the multiple selection. Happens at home using IE8 and Google Chrome on WIndows 7 64bit. Also at work using IE7 on Windows XP pro.

28 Jun 2010, 08:07 PM	#2
tomhab Essential Contributor Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 236	Nice! Been meaning to ask for this for a while, but kept forgetting...

29 Jun 2010, 07:12 AM	#4
Geir The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,938 Representative of: Runbox.com	Thanks for the feedback! gee_whiz: I couldn't reproduce this in Chrome on Win7 64bit. Could you provide some more details about how you open that message?... - Geir

29 Jun 2010, 10:15 PM	#5
tomhab Essential Contributor Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 236	Minor bug: From the index view, if you start dragging a message towards a folder, but then stop, the message isn't highlighted blue. Small point I guess... Another one which is related, is I keep on clicking on messages but it think I'm dragging it so don't do anything (because I dragged by 1px). Can you make it so if you've dragged the subject for less than 0.5 seconds, or less than 10px, then it links you to the message?

30 Jun 2010, 12:37 AM	#6
gee_whiz Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4	I hold down shift key and click on subject to open a message in a new window. I close the new window when I am done with the message. Upon returning to the original window I find the mutiple select function activated and messages can not be unselected. Refreshing the original window clears this.

30 Jun 2010, 07:43 AM	#7
laverton Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 28 Representative of: Runbox.com	gee_whiz: This bug happens when the parent window hasn't registered that the shift key has been released, because the release event is sent to the child window. I've solved the problem by resetting the shift key variable (setting it to "not pressed") for the parent window when it loses focus. When you return to the parent window it doesn't think shift is still pressed. tomhab: First comment: Fixed! Second comment: Good suggestion! It turns out the javascript-library we use supports delay and distance for draggable elements. I've set delay to 200ms, and distance to 30pixels, which means dragging starts after 200ms and 30 pixels movement. Seems to work very well, but please test!

30 Jun 2010, 08:03 AM	#8
kservik Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 555 Representative of: Runbox.com	Great stuff, Laverton

30 Jun 2010, 05:10 PM	#9
tomhab Essential Contributor Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 236	Great! I reckon that's helped a lot in making it feel more usable

30 Jun 2010, 11:31 PM	#10
gee_whiz Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4	Thanks. Something good, is even better now.

1 Jul 2010, 06:45 AM	#11
laverton Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 28 Representative of: Runbox.com	Actually I had to turn off the distance and delay parameters, because they only worked properly in Firefox I'll see if I can find an alternative solution

1 Jul 2010, 07:30 AM	#12
laverton Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 28 Representative of: Runbox.com	I've made a manual timer, which should work like we expected the draggable library delay parameter to work. Please test!