[MlMt] How to set columns and sort for all list views?

[Henry Seiden]

Hey Quinn,

See my recent post about column hierarchy and date sorting issues. It go 
towards an explanation of what you are seeing too.

Respectfully,

Henry Seiden

Techworks Pro Co.
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On 22 Feb 2022, at 15:55, Quinn Comendant wrote:

> I've still been breaking my brain with the inconsistency of columns 
> and sort in MailMate. Today I discovered the state is saved in the 
> MailMate preferences, under `MmMailboxRelatedStates`, where *each view 
> has its own column settings*. This shows clearly that this is a 
> feature not a bug. It's an undesirable behavior for me, so I googled 
> this and found some old threads 
> [[1]](https://mailmate.freron.narkive.com/0wbncv72/mlmt-revert-to-default-columns-revert-to-different-columns-depending-on-mailbox)[[2]](https://lists.freron.com/mailmate/2017-June/008297.html) 
> on the mailing list that suggest I can quit MailMate, delete this 
> preference key by running the following `defaults` command in the 
> terminal, then re-configure my default view:
>
>     defaults delete com.freron.MailMate MmMailboxRelatedStates
>
> After relaunching MailMate, I selected the top-most view of my IMAP 
> account, set the columns how I want, then selected “Use as Default 
> Columns”. This worked! It didn't apply to Drafts, Sent, or Spam 
> folders, but all other folders now have the default columns applied.
>
> However, I still don't see a way to reset the sort preferences in the 
> same way. For example, every time I switch from Widescreen Layout to 
> Correspondence Layout, the list of correspondence is sorted with 
> newest messages at the bottom. Is there a way to set newest messages 
> at the top for all views, everywhere, always?
>
> Quinn
>
>
> On 2 Jan 2022, at 22:34, Quinn Comendant wrote:
>
>> On 2 Jan 2022, at 19:07, Bob Stern via mailmate wrote:
>>
>>> What version of MMt are you using?
>>
>> I'm using version 1.14 (5853) on macOS 12.1, 2021 M1 Pro MBP.
>>
>> I can reproduce this issue as follows:
>>
>> 1. Open my Inbox by clicking the Inbox folder icon in the left 
>> sidebar.
>> 2. Apply some arbitrary column settings, e.g., right-click a column 
>> header and show UID and move it to be the leftmost column.
>> 3. Right-click a column header and select "Use as Default Columns".
>> 4. Navigate to a different folder (click in the left sidebar).
>> 5. The new column settings that I saved are not displayed there. 
>> Also, if I right-click on a column header the "Revert to Default 
>> Columns" option is disabled.
>>
>> I'm expecting an easy (or immediate, with no action required) method 
>> to have my column settings apply to all folders.
>>
>> Instead, I have to set my column preferences manually for each 
>> folder.
>>
>> I've resigned to just using the basic columns that are set with 
>> MailMate out-of-the-box, since it's too much effort to change them 
>> for each folder individually.
>>
>> Maybe I'm overlooking how it should work.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Quinn
>>
>> On 31 Dec 2021, at 19:36, Quinn Comendant wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've been using MailMate a couple weeks now, so far I'm completely 
>>> in love with it.
>>>
>>> I've encountered one bothersome behavior: when I change the view of 
>>> the message list (by selecting a different folder, doing a search, 
>>> or e.g., selecting “Find Messages From user at example.com”, the 
>>> columns and sorting of the message list changes, forcing me to 
>>> re-configure the columns and sort.
>>>
>>> I want a the columns Read, Flag, Tags, From, Subject, Date Received, 
>>> and Size, and I want the list sorted by Date with the newest 
>>> messages at top; but whenever I change views, the oldest message is 
>>> at the top.
>>>
>>> I found the option when I right-click on a column header to “Use 
>>> as Default Columns” but it doesn't seem to do anything; those 
>>> defaults do not seem to propagate to the other list views.
>>>
>>> How can I set my preferred list view settings for all list views 
>>> everywhere, forever? 🥺
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Quinn

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