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QuickFolders (Tabbed Folders) Version History
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Version 3.14.1
- Fixed [Bug 25697] - When clicked, tab is incorrectly flagged for invalid folder: this seemed to mainly affect Linux users on IMAP
- Added new mail folder command: "Explore Folder Location..."<br>
<img src="http://quickfolders.mozdev.org/images/exploreFolder.png" alt="Explore Folder Location..." class="screenshots"/>
- Fixed: The message QuickFolders.Worker is undefined (quickfolders-filterWorker.js Line: 157) causing the filter assistant notification
of QuickFolders' Filter Assistant mode to malfunction (notification couldn't be closed)
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 3.14
- Fixed [Bug 25608] (and [Bug 25610])
In single message view, QF tabs should do something useful. You can now open a new folder tab from a
single message window by clicking on a QuickFolders tab, without loosing your msingle message view tab.
If the folder is already open in a Thunderbird Tab, QuickFolders will switch to it.
<br>Use the config setting <tt>extensions.quickfolders.behavior.nonFolderView.openNewTab</tt> to suppress opening new tabs
and always open folder in the first tab instead.
- Improved tab handling code in Postbox (reuse existing tabs) / SeaMonkey (new virtual tab mode for single messages view)
- Fixed [Bug 25634] - Long menus obscure tabs.
The fix offsets the menu to the right when a configurable certain number subfolders is reached:
This number is stored in Thunderbird's config setting <tt>extensions.quickfolders.folderMenu.realignMinTabs</tt>
- Added a button for configuring tooltips: [FR 25636]
- Fixed - when searching for folders (CTRL+ALT+J) the list is not reset when no matches are found.
- When jumping to an invalid QuickFolder (the folder that it points to doesn't exist) give the option of deleting it immediately.
(Behavior can be disabled by setting <tt>extensions.quickfolders.autoValidateFolders></tt>) - QuickFolders now detects (and offers to delete) tabs for non-existent folders when you open
them using the Find Folder feature or clicking their tab - Experimental (Pro Feature): Adding Icons via context menu - to display the new menu, switch on Configuration setting
<tt>extensions.quickfolders.commandMenu.icon</tt>
- Fix [Bug 25683] - Supress Line Break if Tab is first
- Reset Option "Display Shortcut Number" to false as default to remove clutter when installing QuickFolders.
Note that some of the numbered shortcuts do not work out of the box anyway as they are used by Lightning - Changed default setting for shortcut numbers to off, for a cleaner layout.
- Used fixIterator for cross-application compatible accounts code
- Refactored code around bool preferences
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 3.12.4
- This is a maintenance release with important bug fixes; if you are trying to customize your colors with the options in "Bling my tabs", this version behaves much more predictably than 3.12.
- Fixed [Bug 25598] Active folder not marked at startup / category selection
- Fixed [Bug 25606] QuickFolders doesn't always highlight active folder
- Fixed [Bug 25608] - Unexpected behavior when changing folders while reading a message
- Improved Search Folder algorithm and User Interface. Use the new shortcut CTRL+ALT+J to display the search box - simply start typing the folder / tab name. The menu will fill with matches accordingly. Once you see something you like, press down to select the folder to jump to. Press Enter to go to the folder. Press Escape to close the search box.
- SeaMonkey - Improved height of current folder tab.
- Fixed: when in paint mode instant coloring showed wrong color while pastel palette was selected.
- Paint Mode: Fixed storing the correct color for recent folder tab.
- Currently you can only drag single emails to a file using the envelope icon in Current Folder Toolbar.
- When using the DOWN key to go to the search results of find folder, DOWN has to be pressed twice. (Tb+Pb only)
- Search in SeaMonkey delays highlighting the current tab when switching to the folder.
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 3.12.1
- This is a maintenance release with important bug fixes. If you are trying to customize your colors with the options in "Bling my tabs", this version behaves much more predictably than 3.12.
- Fixed [Bug 25585] - "Hide when not needed option" ALWAYS hides toolbar
- Fixed [Bug 25589] When Pastel was selected the preview tabs (on layout "bling" screen) where painted with standard palette when a new color was chosen
- Switch on "transparent" and select white background on selecting "no color" from the menu for Uncolored Tabs.
Transparent here actually really means translucent and makes the selected background color shine through with 25%. - Disabled color drop down on the preview tabs if "2 Colors" is selected.
- Update button shadows in mail window immediately when Shadows option is changed.
- Fixed warning "Expected number or percentage in rgb() but found 'NaN'".
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 3.12
New Features
Pro Features
Bug Fixes and Code Changes
- Added independent palette type selections for the tab states selected / hover / dragover / uncolored:
<img src="http://quickfolders.mozdev.org/images/palette/PaletteOptions.png" alt="new palette selections" class="screenshots"/>
- Added new top level menu: open new tab
<img src="http://quickfolders.mozdev.org/images/open-newTab.png" alt="open new tab" class="screenshots"/> - Option Tab: Added options for QuickFolders commands in context menu
<img src="http://quickfolders.mozdev.org/images/QuickFolders-Commands.png" alt="QF commands menu" class="screenshots"/>
- Redesigned tab bar to align tabs to bottom regardless of theme used
- [FR 25364] - Hide QF toolbar and current folder bar in single message tab (should behave same as single message window)
- Made compatible with redefinition of Thunderbird's nsIMsgAccountManager interface
- Removed call from options load that caused redraw of folders; made remove orphans more resilient against Tb bugs
- Thunderbird only: QuickFolders now saves selected categories of multiple tabs.
- Accelerated visual response when selecting a QuickFolder
Pro Features
- At some stage in the future I am planning a subscription model for advanced features,
which is going to fund future enhancements of QuickFolders. For the next releases I am going
to promote these special features with a notification box, which can be permanently disabled
after a number of times.
For more information contact me via the email link at the bottom of the page. - [FR 23039] - Support Line breaks to force Multiple Rows of Tabs
- [FR 24431] - Optional Separators between tabs
- [FR 25200] - Find Folder in Quick Folder Bar:
Click on the cogwheel (or right click an empty area on QuickFolders and select Find folder:
<img src="http://quickfolders.mozdev.org/images/FindFolder-menu.png" alt="Find Folder command"/>
A Search box opens where you can type a folder name and hit [Enter].
<img src="http://quickfolders.mozdev.org/images/FindFolder-box.png" alt="Find Folder results"/>
If exactly one matching folder is found Thunderbird will jump to it immediately. If multiple folders match a dropdown will show.
Selecting the folder (or tab) name will jump to the folder.
Select Find Folder from the menu again if you want to hide the search box.
Bug Fixes and Code Changes
- [Bug 25536] Compatibility Fixes for Thunderbird 26 (removed widgetglue.js)
- [Bug 25533] - SeaMonkey 2.23a1 - throws "ReferenceError: EventListener is not defined"
- Fixed truncated filter notification in Postbox
- Fixed broken paint mode.
- Some interface refactoring
- Numerous SeaMonkey bugfixes
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 3.11
- Fixed [Bug 25204] - filter mode: dragging from a fresh search, creates error "QuickFolders.Util.moveMessages:TypeError: sourceFolder is null"
- Fixed drag and drop of current folder tab to QuickFolders bar
- Enhancement: Do not switch to current folder's category, if current tab has an tab from a different Category selected! This way mail tabs "remembering" their QF Category will work better and faster
- Some minor color enhancements
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 3.10
- Fixed [Bug 25277] - Error at startup: “Quickfolders.updateUserStyles - error TypeError: ss is null”
- Made background color of current folder toolbar configurable. Possible flavors are: default, dark, translucent, custom<br>
<img src="http://quickfolders.mozdev.org/images/currentFolder-Styles.png" alt="background styles"/> - Fixed status bar messages in SeaMonkey
- fixed duplicate donation tabs in SeaMonkey and Postbox
- Added Polish locale (this is still work in progress) - thanks to hipogrys (Babelzilla)
- Various style fixes
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 3.9
- Fixed a styling problem with checkbox icons in options dialog
- Fixed colorings in legacy Gecko systems (Postbox)
- Added override for active / hovered / dragged tab palette color - to make these stand out, it is now possible to have a customized font color even when using palette:<br>
<img src="http://quickfolders.mozdev.org/images/color-font-overrides.png" alt="special font colors"/> - improved tabs preview on "bling my tabs" page:<br>
<img src="http://quickfolders.mozdev.org/images/color-palette-options.png" alt="palette override"/> - optimized order of style sheets for better performance
- improved 'use palette' auto-hide
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 3.8.2
- Fixed: getFolderTooltip throws an error if no root folder is present leading to missing or incomplete tabs.
- Fixed [Bug 25220] - No more background gradient colors on tabs with Thunderbird 3.x
- [CR 24613] - added a hidden option for showing complete path in recent folders menus
- Bugfix: A missing rootFolder can create a NS_ERROR_FAILURE leading to no visible tabs.
- Fixed: logging can lead to errors if there are no categories defined.
- Fixed styling glitches in SeaMonkey and Postbox (invisible Filter buttons)
- [Bug 25204] Added Enhancement: "Allow location-aware dragging from within virtual folder" - it is now possible to create a new filter when dragging an email from a saved search folder or from the unified Inbox / unified Sent folders to a QuickFolders tab.
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 3.8.1
- Removed obsolete "Recent" button from empty QuickFolders toolbar shown at startup
- improved per-mailTab category selection.<br> This adds a lot of productivity when you work with multiple Thunderbird tabs open - during a session, each tab will now remember the selected QuickFolders category. This makes it possible to work with and even move mail between QuickFolders in different categories at the same time. Also, remember that you can use CTRL+click to open a new Thunderbird tab from a QuickFolder.
- use quickFilters filtering engine instead of the QuickFolders one if qF is installed.
- added Donation button to bottom of options dialog
- improved horizontal padding in Noia & other themes
- Removed obsolete "Recent" placeholder on empty QF toolbar
- Fixed [Bug 25203] - Error when adding a filter if Message Filters window is already open
- Removed deprecated -moz-linear-gradient & -moz-transition rules into legacy style sheets
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 3.7.3
- updated CA locale
- synchronized background color picker and background color of non-palette preview tabs (when choosing a palette item, the background color will correspond)
- improved faulty font coloring in tab on current folder bar
- improved padding of (flat-style) toolbarbuttons
- improved readability of active colored tabs and pastel support in apple-pills style by choosing appropriate text-shadow
- fixed mail me link on options tab
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 3.7
- [Bug 24945] Removed Accelerator on quickFolders options button that cause QF options to come up when ALT+O was pressed
- Fixed insufficient height of filter notification
- removed legacy deprecated css attributes to its own style sheet
- [Bug 25061] added checkbox so the "new subfolder" item can be disabled when dragging
- removed any empty popup menus that may occur during dragging.
- Completed pt-BR locale (thanks to Marcelo Ghelman)
- Fixed zh-CN locale
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 3.6
- Complete overhaul of the palette - removed images for performance and completely redesigned Pastel style
- Added paint mode - recent folders tab can now also be customized
- added "use Palette" options for the status color choices (default, active, hovered, draggedOver)
- Fixed synchronizing quickFilters status / notifications
- added "Pushbuttons" style
- Fixed [bug 24835] Linux: tabs can't be customized; "Bling My Tabs!" has no effect
- fixed some glitches that caused hovered & active folder to "push down" toolbar border.
- more refinements for filters from the quickFilters project: use quickFilters settings for advanced naming conventions (parent folder, 1st condition value)
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 3.5
- Added button for Search Folder context menu
- Added localization in Filter List
- Fixed Postbox bug - adding new folders to the QuickFolders toolbar was broken
- Improved & tightened Filter List layout, pre publishing the changes planned in Thunderbird
[Bug 450302]
New Feature in Filter List: added count of displayed filters (Thunderbird only)
- Improved interactive icons
- Fixed: unstyled buttons and missing border-radius in Thunderbird 13+ due to CSS deprecations
- Fixed: [Bug 24864] "updateUserStyles - TypeError: ss.href is null" caused by the Rise of The Tools extension
- Feature: [Bug 24715] Added main Toolbar toggle button
- Added folder context menu button to current folder bar
- Added option to hide message navigation buttons ([P]revious unread, [N]ext unread, next [T]hread) from current Folder bar, as there exist
keyboard shortcuts ([P], [N], [T]) for these.
- Folder categories - added ability to copy existing QF tab to a Category, without the message "Folder already has a tab", even if it has no category
- Updated Dutch and Hungarian locales
- Fixed regression that caused unread count not to be updated anymore
- Removed unnecessary console outputs
- removed styling hacks that looked like namespace pollutions
- replaced is.. functions with get properties
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 3.1
- [Bug 24767] right-click+Control shows QF commands popup only.
- Folder categories - added ability to copy existing QF tab to a new Category, without the message "Folder already has a tab"
- [Bug 24766] Support MOVING folders by dragging them from foldertree to a QF location and holding down SHIFT
(currently this works only on Windows - somehow Tb doesn't detect the SHIFT state in Linux)
- Added Filter List enhancements (search filters box, move to top button, move to bottom button)
- localization of this feature will be provided in the next maintenance release.
- Fixed - if a Folder is renamed the corresponding Tab looses the connection leading to invalid / missing tabs
- changed overlay using messenger.xul instead of mailWindowOverlay.xul
- [Bug 24736] fixed & simplified overlay for single Message window; fixed closing current folder bar in single message window
- added option for disabling current folder bar on single message window
- about:config (for advanced Debug and other hidden settings) used to be obscured behind the options dialog
- stylesheet fix in seaMonkey
- added border around the close button on the (filter) notification message to make it better visible
- increased minimum width of label on Current Folder bar from 12 to 16em to avoid resizing on newsgroups
- Added about:config shortcut to Recent Folder Icon (max number of entries) on Advanced Options
- Fixed a button size issue with SeaMonkey Modern Theme which was causing some buttons in current Folder bar to be too big
- Raised minVersion for Thunderbird to 3.1
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 3.0.2
- "Filter Learning Wizard" - use the new Create Filter button to create mail filtering on the fly.
- Thread Tools - added "mark thread as read" command on click. Very useful when reading newsgroups or lots of group mail.
- Reorganization of options window (split first page into General and Advanced)
- Some current folder tool buttons and mail context menu items now configurable
- Most layout changes can be previewed instantly
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 2.13
2.10
- Added hidden Option for disabling drag to New folder in local accounts [Bug 22812]
- Made compatible with Thunderbird 10.0 (new overlay because of structural changes)
- Replaced Mostly Crystal Icons with the original ones from Everaldo Crystal Project (version from 2003); Crystal Icons are released under GNU General Public License
- Renamed 'bookmark' to 'tab' to make descriptions easier to understand
- Tab Categories - Highlight "uncategorized" item if a folder has no category; optimized category retrieval by caching cat array.
- Tab Categories - added logic to unselect other items if show ALWAYS or UNCATEGORIZED are selected
- Tab Categories - fixed Category Remove / Rename which was broken due to introduction of "use strict"
- Tab Categories: added tab title to dialog
- improvements for showing correct folder size results after compact / empty trash etc.
- Inbox Folders => added "Get Mail" menu item
- fixed issues from 2.10 with winstripe / qute theme on windows 7 causing all menu items to be shifted left.
- bugfix for users of older Thunderbird versions (3 to 8). In these versions the current folder toolbar is hidden
- Fixed: in some cases, rename categories or delete categories can fail.
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 2.12
bugfix for users of older Thunderbird versions (3 to 8). In these versions the current folder toolbar is hidden
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 2.11
2.10
2.11
- Added hidden Option for disabling drag to New folder in local accounts [Bug 22812]
- Made compatible with Thunderbird 10.0 (new overlay because of structural changes)
- Replaced Mostly Crystal Icons with the original ones from Everaldo Crystal Project (version from 2003); Crystal Icons are released under GNU General Public License
- Renamed 'bookmark' to 'tab' to make descriptions easier to understand
- Tab Categories - Highlight "uncategorized" item if a folder has no category; optimized category retrieval by caching cat array.
- Tab Categories - added logic to unselect other items if show ALWAYS or UNCATEGORIZED are selected
- Tab Categories - fixed Category Remove / Rename which was broken due to introduction of "use strict"
- Tab Categories: added tab title to dialog
2.11
- improvements for showing correct folder size results after compact / empty trash etc.
- Inbox Folders => added "Get Mail" menu item
- fixed issues from 2.10 with winstripe / qute theme on windows 7 causing all menu items to be shifted left.
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 2.9.4
- Pushed Postbox Compatibility to 3.*
- Make is possible to use multiple categories per tab [Bug 22812]
- height fixes in Apple Pills style
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 2.9.3
- Fixed - Go to Parent Folder was not working
- Improved - Tab text color to white / black on applePill layout selected folder
- Improved Font coloring for native tabs, apple pills and flat style; made background color for apple pills configurable, for use also with dark themes
- Fixed striped pastel style
- Improved collapsing behavior of "Pimp My Tabs" page
- Improved theme integration of Current Folder Bar by making background transparent
- added some transition effects
- New Feature - [Bug 24435] On clicking a QF tab, activate corresponding mail Tab (Thunderbird + SeaMonkey only)
- Fixed bug in SeaMonkey that changed current folder URI when new mail Tab was opened by CTRL+Click on QF Tab
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 2.9.1
This is an emergency bugfix for older versions of Thunderbird ()2.* and 3.*) fixing [Bug 24451] On older versions of Thunderbird (pre 4.2) the Tabs are not displayed as QuickFolders can not be loaded completely.
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 2.9
- Fixed [Bug 24389]version history and update popup happen always<br/>
Stability fixes on version updates - firstRun check is now only run _after_ extension version number was retrieved from AddonManager
- Removed popup "successfully upgraded to version..." and replaced with a sliding notification panel
- added "use strict" for better namespace pollution control
- added hidden option to suppress version history on update
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 2.8
- Bumped up max Compatibility for Thunderbird to 6.* to better align with Mozilla's new rapid release cycle
- Fixed [Bug 24361] QuickFolders 2.7.2 incompatible with Thunderbird 6.0.1
- Fixed [Bug 24365] QF folders disappear after viewing email
- Moved Current Folder Bar position in Thunderbird for compatibility with Conversation View and to support multiple messages
- Fixed versioning issues introduced by AddonManager changes in the new Mozilla versions.
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 2.7.2
- Fixed [Bug 24223] - In Postbox, after displaying the calender. the message pane could not be displayed by clicking on the messages tab
- Added checkbox for option to hide QF toolbar when not needed
- Avoid TB logging unnecessary errors in Stack Trace during unnecessary FolderLoaded events [Bug 24223]
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 2.7.1
- Fixed [Bug 24143] - In Linux, the folder disappear and ALT+N shortcuts disabled on upgrade to 2.7 - renamed Current Folder XUL files.
- Added option to hide QF toolbar when it is not needed (e.g. Calendar view)
- Fixed: In Postbox could not drag new folders to toolbar (Error: msgFolder.QueryInterface is not a function)
- Fixed a bug that caused folders to disappear on TB2 on Mac Systems (related to new Current Folder Bar)
- Right dropmarker did not display correctly when reordering tabs
- know issues: in Postbox / SeaMonkey the drag mail icon on Current Folder Bar does not work
- Fixed Bug [24188] - font color in flat style tabs is ignored (tabs without individual color settings)
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 2.7
- Added pastel style
- Added custom radius
- First Run tidy ups:replace "QuickFolders.ActiveTab.Style.background-color" with "extensions.quickfolders.style.ActiveTab.background-color" etc.
- Added Mac Style by Christopher White(CWA-Design + Testing, AG QF integration)
- Added Next / Previous unread Mail buttons
- Added checkbox for hiding qf toolbar menu icon (cogwheel)
- Added dropdown for theming and theming dependant customization
- Split Native Style into Tabs and Buttons, implemented Selected on Tabs look
- Options dialog now remembers last panel selected
- Fixed [Bug 23930] Recent Folders Tab Dropdown stops working after a Message Dropped into it
- Fixed "expunged n bytes" message for Empty Trash, Empty Junk and Compact Folder
- It is now possible to add the Current Folder button to the QuickFolder tab (like a drag from the folder tree)
- Improved behavior when adding an existing QuickFolder (selects category correctly, even if not categorized or display always is selected)
- Renamed toxic preferences
- the label for goto next / Previous unread Mail is currently not localized (last minute feature!)
- when multiple messages are selected the Current Folder toolbar is not visible (this works in Postbox though, so multiple messages can be dragged)
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 2.6
- Fixed [Bug 24071] removed Current Folder toolbar in message fullscreen mode
- Bugfix - Category dropdown was invisible in Thunderbird 2.0
- added option extensions.quickfolders.showToolIcon for hiding tools menu icon
- Bugfix - on SeaMonkey 2.1 adding folders to the QuickFolders toolbar from the folderpane did not work anymore
- Style improvements for unstyled tabs, fixed [Bug 24070]
- Expanded more options for Recent Folder menu (right-click Display Recent Folders in Options window)
- Repaired "Purge Junk" command in Current Folder Toolbar
- Fixed [Bug 24073] SeaMonkey does not open Version History in internal browser.
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 2.5
- Added Tools Menu dropdown button on main toolbar
- Added Current Folder Toolbar (single message view)
- Added (configurable) Hotkey for rebuilding folders
- Added option for disabling recent folders button on QuickFolders toolbar
- Support for Postbox 2.5beta!
- Added new folder command: "Delete junk in current folder"
- Tabs in Options Dialog now have Icons
- Fixed issues with badly visible font colors on dark colored Tabs
- Replaced deprecated popupNode with triggerNode and workaround code for modern Gecko Versions
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Version 2.4
- Improved Performance during lengthy mail downloads by not _completely_ rebuilding the visible tabs (now only updating labels and popupmenus of the existing tabs so that counts & "unread style" are up to date
- added "repair folder" command (mail folder menu)
- added "folder properties" command (mail folder menu)
- added toolbar context menu items for rebuilding the tabs and for removing orphaned tabs
- Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
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