Hello Oliver,
Saturday, September 23, 2000, 12:27:13 PM, Oliver Sturm wrote:
OS> Isthat true (meaning the message flag being first column by
OS> default)? Try my settings, then, you'll see the most ridiculous
OS> thread layout.
OS> I have set threads to be viewed by references. Additionally, I'm
OS> sorting by the field "Created", ascending (meaning the newest
OS> messages at the bottom of the list). Usually, my first column is the
OS> subject. Now move the message flag column to the absolute left, taking
OS> position from the subject. Expand this (quite long) thread some
OS> levels. Is it only me, or does the column even change width now, with
OS> the little envelope all over the place?
I use a very similiar layout myself. Mine is
Subject, From, To, Created, Size
Threading by subject, Sorting by created date so oldest messages are at
the top(so that the --> button does what I intuitively expect it to
do, goes to the message that FOLLOWS the current one in the current
thread).
And I never noticed it before, but yes indeed, when I expand a subject
all the other columns hop around.
What seems really odd is that the column is not expanded to view the
enitire subject, it is just expanded a few chars. Basically, it seems
as if the Bat displays 30 charectors of subject line + three
dots(by default, you can move it about if you wish).
When you expand a subject thread, the threads under it are indenting 5
charectors worth of space. So, The Bat insists on giving them their
full 30 charectors, and extends the subject column 5 charectos over,
causing every other column to 'jump' 5 charectors.
If instead it merely truncated those subjects 5 charectors sooner,
then there would be no jump.
The most elegant solution, IMHO, would be to add a flag in the 'column lists'
dialog box. Call it "fixed width", and when set, a column that is
fixed will ALWAYS be that long and never 'jump' if expanded.
Alternatively, if the user expands any thread(say a small 2 message thread)
with a large enough subject line to cause the jump, and leave that
thread expanded, you won't suffer any more 'jumps'
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under Windows NT
4.0 Build 1381
Service Pack 6, RC 1.5
Gary mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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