Update coming?

[tnkk33]

Hi--

I've run a "compatibility checker" to see if all my existing extensions to Thunderbird, such as Manually Sort Folders, will work with Thunderbird version 113. It reports that Manually Sort Folders is NOT compatible with version 115.

Do you have any plans for an update?

I am current running Thunderbird version 102, and Manually Sort Folders works great.

Thank you.

[Jirido]

Damned this security, I also loved all the addons on old firfox/palemoon. Then they lock it down and a lot of developers just loose the gist..

[itagagaki]

@jobisoft has provided a TB115 compatible (but unofficial) version. See:
#199 (comment)
#199 (comment)

I lobbied for the ability to drag and rearrange folders in the Thunderbird core, implemented it myself, and submitted a patch to the Thunderbird team. It works fine, but there is a bug in the caching mechanism of the Thunderbird core. This needs be fixed first.

Please read my blog for more details on how this came about.
https://itagagaki.hatenablog.com/entry/2023/12/23/121104

[lars18th]

Hi @itagagaki ,

I lobbied for the ability to drag and rearrange folders in the Thunderbird core, implemented it myself, and submitted a patch to the Thunderbird team.

Thank you for this! Anyway, I suggest to lobby also for the Hide Icons extra functionality. I hope you'll provide native support for it.

Regards.

[dsommers]

@itagagaki Is it too early to ask for an update on getting this into upstream Thunderbird? I see that Thunderbird 123 is in beta ...

This feature is basically the only one keeping me on Thunderbird 102 .... I've tested the unofficial one from @jobisoft, but it didn't work as nicely on sub-folders.

[itagagaki]

127 ?

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Home

I hope that the Thunderbird core bug blocking my implementation will be fixed in time for that release at the latest.

[03302024]

Just a follow up for this feature request.

[steelesb]

127 ?

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Home

I hope that the Thunderbird core bug blocking my implementation will be fixed in time for that release at the latest.

It looks like manually sorting folders didn't make it natively into the 128 ESR. Will the new 'Rust' integration in Thunderbird 128 Nebula allow for this addon to be implemented again (fully, allowing sorting of folders, not just accounts)? Thanks!

[itagagaki]

After the blockers against my patch were fixed, I resubmitted the patch. But it was too late; Mozilla held off on to larger changes as they focus on releasing ESR 128, so my patch will not be reviewed until later this month at the earliest.

[lars18th]

Hi @itagagaki ,

Please, share the direct link to your patch. Then we can try to push about it. 😉

[jobisoft]

Nit: Thunderbird is released by MZLA, not Mozilla.

Even if this did not make it into 128, there is still a chance to be released soon. MZLA announced a monthly release schedule for 128+. If this patch is a major change, the release team may consider it to be too risky to be backported to 128.1 or another ESR point release, but it sounds like a good candidate to be part of the new monthly releases.

Monthly releases will have cherry picked commits which have passed the beta cycle. Similar to Firefox. The monthly release channel is not the current Beta release channel, it does aim to be used in producrion environments. MZLA aims to convince everyday standard users to move from the yearly ESR release to the new monthly. So once your patch passed beta and has been selected for release, you can tell your users to switch to the monthly release, if they want to have the feature asap instead of waiting or the next ESR release in 2025.

[itagagaki]

Please, share the direct link to your patch. Then we can try to push about it. 😉

Here's the submitted patch.
https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D215574

[lars18th]

Here's the submitted patch. https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D215574

Good job! I hope it can be included after the end of July.

And another question: Can you add another patch with the option to disable the icons (already included in this tool)?

[itagagaki]

And another question: Can you add another patch with the option to disable the icons (already included in this tool)?

I don't think there are too many users who would want that. I might consider it when I have more time, but then I would probably consider making it an add-on. (I don't know if MV3 can do it.)

[lars18th]

And another question: Can you add another patch with the option to disable the icons (already included in this tool)?

I don't think there are too many users who would want that. I might consider it when I have more time, but then I would probably consider making it an add-on. (I don't know if MV3 can do it.)

Thank you to consider it. From my point of view it's a very interesting option. The icons consume space and are useless.

[03302024]

Just a follow up for this feature request.