Getting to the "heading row buttons" in Thunderbird mailbox windows (Tbird V102)
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I am having one of those evenings where either I've forgotten how to navigate to that row of buttons or if one even can. I may be confusing Outlook and Thunderbird in addition.
But if you point and click on any heading in a Thunderbird mailbox, e.g., Subject, the sort order changes to that column, and if clicked again the sort order reverses from whatever it is. I could have sworn these were accessible without using Mozilla Apps Enhancements, but I could be wrong about that, so I'm asking someone to blow the cobwebs away from those dusty corners of my mind! -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Gene
That may be, but the add-on doesn't affect that if I understand what
you are describing. If, by sort order, you mean that, in a
conversation, messages are sorted by subject if you click on that or
by name if you click on that, there is no function in the add-on to
affect that.
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Gene On 8/28/2022 6:54 PM, Brian Vogel
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I am having one of those evenings where either I've forgotten how to navigate to that row of buttons or if one even can. I may be confusing Outlook and Thunderbird in addition. |
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Gene,
Do you know how to throw focus to that row of buttons (that are actually the heading row of the mailbox)? -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Gene
I'm not sure what you are asking. I haven't heard that term
regarding Thunderbird. Do you mean how to do things like change the
order of headers such as unread, has attachment, or something else?
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Gene On 8/28/2022 7:17 PM, Brian Vogel
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Gene,
I mean that if I want to sort by Subject, how do I get to the Subject button, which is, in fact, positioned as the column header above all the subjects for a mailbox. You can't flip sort order, or change the column on which messages are sorted, unless you can get to the "header button" above the column you wish to sort on. -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Gene
These aren't identified by screen-readers as buttons. I can use
object navigation to move to the different headers you are talking
about. I hadn't paid attention to what was spoken before, perhaps
because I wasn't interested in doing this. In NVDA, when I move to
something like subject, NVDA says "sort by subject". I suppose if I
clicked on the header, messages would then be sorted in that way.
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Gene On 8/28/2022 7:26 PM, Brian Vogel
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On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 08:33 PM, Gene wrote:
I can use object navigation to move to the different headers you are talking about.- Therein lies the trick (and I hadn't tried it). -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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I think this function is of more interest to those using it for Newsgroups. Shame that this mapping cannot be done, a way like in toolbars explorer would be nice.
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Brian -- bglists@... Sent via blueyonder.(Virgin media) Please address personal E-mail to:- briang1@..., putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field. ----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Vogel" <britechguy@...> To: <chat@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 1:36 AM Subject: Re: [chat] Getting to the "heading row buttons" in Thunderbird mailbox windows (Tbird V102) On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 08:33 PM, Gene wrote: - Therein lies the trick (and I hadn't tried it). -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 *Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.* ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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