[MlMt] thread-reading behavior

[aisrael]

Sorry I did not understand you wanted to open all messages at the same 
time. Then I don’t know how to do it.
Alain

On 1 Sep 2016, at 14:39, John D. Muccigrosso wrote:

> On 1 Sep 2016, at 14:25, aisrael wrote:
>
>> It is the alt (MacOS) key, not the cmd one.
>
> Ah, the option key (which I now see is sometimes labeled Alt). Thanks!
>
> Here’s what happens for me:
>
> 1. Option-enter when a thread is highlighted. Beep.
> 2. Cmd-enter. Also beep.
> 3. Option-double-click. Top message opens.
> 4. Cmd-double-click. Top message opens.
>
> So I’m not seeing any of this behavior. Holding down the key stops 
> the usual enter-to-open behavior and does nothing when 
> double-clicking.
>
>> If you use it on a folder/subfolder/subsubfolder….in the Finder, it 
>> opens the entire thread also.
>
> I don’t understand this. Option-double-clicking a folder opens the 
> folder and closes the containing folder, as it has done for years. 
> Command-double-clicking opens the folder in a new tab, which is 
> analogous to opening it in a new window (tab/window choice might be a 
> pref).
>
>
> Oh, wait, you mean just option-clicking on the little arrow. Yes, in 
> both contexts that reveals the entire tree, but in neither does it 
> open the file/message, and that’s what I’m after.
>
> To be clear: what I want to happen is that when I open a selected, but 
> collapsed thread by either hitting enter or double-clicking on it, is 
> that all the messages in the thread open at once. That could be using 
> the current method of having them all be displayed in the same window, 
> or in multiple windows. Mail.app does it the former way, with each 
> message in its own little enclosed box inside the window. (I like this 
> behavior.)
>
>
> John
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