Will QF (5.9pre33 or any version) move (file) a FOLDER that contains emails into another folder that already contains some folders?

[jaysmithgit]

I am using QF 5.9pre33 on Thunderbird 78.7.1 on Ubuntu 20.04 Linux.
Yeah, yeah, I know. Ancient stuff. Lots of reasons and excuses, but it WORKS for me.

Question: Will QF move (file) a FOLDER that contains emails into another folder that already contains some other folders (there is NOT any naming duplication)?

In other words, I am trying to add (move) a folder-containing-emails into another folder that already contains many folders that contain emails.

I just tried doing this and I QF not only would not do it, it would not even display the target folder that I am trying to move the source folder into.

(I am trying to move a folder including its contents emails, I am NOT moving just emails.)

Even though I have been using QF for 5+ (?) years, I don't think I had ever tried using QF for moving FOLDERS.

When experimenting with this just now, the move process only "sees" (lists in the QF folder list) potential move-to-targets that are folders that ONLY contain emails. The move process does not list any folders that contain folders.

This suggests to me that QF was not built to do the kind of moving (filing) I was trying to do.

What am I missing? (Or was this feature added to a later QF version?)

Am I correct in what I think I am seeing? Is this a feature that anyone would benefit from?

This type of move is a function that I do very regularly. However, up to this point I had simply been using the TB interface to drag the folder-to-be-moved into the move-to-target-folder. That works fine. My application is that I do a lot of certain kinds of transactions (auction buying) that involve a LOT of emails before the entire transaction is completed. There are three stages of the workflow (accumulating items before making payment, paid items awaiting receipt here, and received-completed transactions). For years, I have been dragging folders from the first to the next to the next. However, I was recently remembering you (Axel) one time saying that the goal is to never have to touch the mouse when using TB with QF installed.... So, I tried to not use the mouse (dragging) and I could not do it.

Thanks.

[RealRaven2000]

Question: Will QF move (file) a FOLDER that contains emails into another folder that already contains some other folders (there is NOT any naming duplication)?

In other words, I am trying to add (move) a folder-containing-emails into another folder that already contains many folders that contain emails.

I believe the answer is yes. I can do some tests later. It;s just hard to set up a test version for such an older Thunderbird isntance. most of my test profiles are Tb115 (the oldest version I test with) or later.

I don't think this feature changed much over the years, so I would need to test this. I think generally yes - I would expect the mails to be merged. You can move folders using the modifier key "SHIFT" and then drop them from the folder tree to a QuickFolders target.

Some restrictions: When moving mails to a folder I do not offer the "create new subfolder..." menu item if the parent has no child folders yet. this is just an optimization / decluttering strat.

[RealRaven2000]

Another observation: you are running a prerelease with 5.9pre33, why not use 5.9 or the previous 5.8.3? is there a specific feature that you need from 5.9?

according to legacy_history.txt (which is shipped with QF), these are the relevant changes in that time:

  5.8.3 QuickFolders Pro - 03/11/2021
    ## Fixed in page links for users with licenses! Before licensed users were directed to the top of a page instead of the correct location (such as the feature comparison list or current version info)
    ## Improved speed of license validator for Thunderbird 91.2 and later.
    ## Improved readability for menu items on (license-) restricted tabs.

  5.9 QuickFolders Pro - 30/03/2022
    ## [issue 241] using quickJump / quickMove via shortcut - hitting Enter will now always select the last successful location (even when the name is ambiguous) 
                   and not the top item of the menu. This is only used on Enter if the menu is visible. (user needs to type or hit Arrow down)
    ## [issue 242] Use '=' key for folders from recent quickMove / quickJump operations
    ## [issue 236] Convert options dialog to pure HTML
    ## [issue 220] fixed alias identity support switch
    ## [issue 232] fixed: When Adding a category to a tab, another category may be replaced
    ## [issue 235] quickJump may fail if "Compact mode" in folder tree is enabled.
    ## fixed "change order" dialog

both releases have "strict_min_version" : "78.0".