Bugzilla@Mozdev – Bug 26630
quickFilters Assistant merge list too high
Last modified: 2019-01-12 07:31:58
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When quickFilters Assistant is enabled and activated, the following window that opens to proceed with creating a new filter is now too large and overlaps the screen vertically making it unusable. I have tried disabling and re-enabling the quickFilters extension, but it makes no difference. Peter
can you attach a screeenshot? You are saying the window is too tall? Or too wide? What language are you using?
Created an attachment (id=8579) [details] Quickfilters Assistant Window The language is UK English and I am on Windows 10 using Thunderbird 60.4.0. I have now discovered that it only happens in one particular email account where I have a large number of filters saved. It doesn't happen every time. In the attached screenshot it's working OK. When the problem happens, the Window is too tall so that the Next and Cancel buttons are not available and only the top section of the window is visible. Peter
ok, I think I understand. I believe quickFilters has discovered that you have a ton of different filters and suggests to merge the new filter with them; do you know why you have so many different ones? I know I can probably fix this by making the box scrollable, but there is something wrong with your data... It is possible that you can combine them into making less filters.... the idea of showing the "merge" step is that whatever email you used to "train" the new filter has properties (tags, location) which it shares with a lot of othere filters that set exactly the same properties in filter action. (e.g. move that email to the folder "Sausage" or set the tag "important") The idea of merging is tp have one filter with multiple search conditions doing the same thing as long as you can make the filter conditions flexible in a way that allows combining multiple parts: e.g. if any of the conditions apply sender is John sender is harry domain is parallel-lines.com then: move the mail to the "Sausage" folder and set the "important" tag. it only needs one filter to do this. The reason the filter assistant "freaks out" is because you have a f@ckton of filters that all do the same. You can actually investigate fopr such "duplicates" by clicking on the "Find duplicate attributes" button in filters list. You can also merge multiple filters (that do the same thing) together with the merge button.
(In reply to comment #3) > ok, I think I understand. I believe quickFilters has discovered that you have a > ton of different filters and suggests to merge the new filter with them; do you > know why you have so many different ones? I know I can probably fix this by > making the box scrollable, but there is something wrong with your data... > just one tiny correction: I meant to write "different filters that do the same thing" it's not unusual to have many filters. just weird to have them all do the exact same thing. or at least that's what quickFilters believes, and that's why it suggests to merge the new filter. IN which folder are you when you create the filter and what tags are set? the idea of the assistant is to create filters from messages that have already been processed (moved / tagged) manually. For example 1) move email to Friends foldeerf 2) right-click the mail and select "QuickFilters: create filter from message" => the new filter assumes that the main filter action is to move your emails from the original inbox (which it can detect from the targeted Email) to the friends folder. Advantage: You do not have to define the action manually and fumble through a clunky folder widget in the filter edit dialog.
OK - many thanks and I understand what you're saying. I'll now work on merging the existing filters that are performing the same task and make sure that any similar future ones are merges rather than new ones. Peter
Created an attachment (id=8580) [details] Merge Filter Not Working
Hi again, I have now merged most of the filters on that account into one, but now the filter seems to be being ignored. Please see the attached screenshot that shows an example. An email just arrived in the inbox from care.com. One of the elements of the merged filter instructs any email received that contains care.com to be moved to the deleted folder and marked as read, but this has been ignored and it has been left in the inbox. In the screenshot I have tried to show the detail of the received email and the settings of the filter. This is also occurring repeatedly with other similar emails included in the merged filter. Peter
Renamed the bug to be more descriptive. The dialog grows because of the richlistbox #filterMatches ignoring the "rows" attribute (which was originally desgined for a listbox). I think I can fix this by adding min-height and max-height attributes to the boxes and so force the box to display a scrollbar instead of growing indefinitely.
Created an attachment (id=8581) [details] 3.8.2 pre 2 This is a fix for the overly tall filter list.
(In reply to comment #7) > Hi again, > I have now merged most of the filters on that account into one, but now the > filter seems to be being ignored. Please see the attached screenshot that > shows an example. An email just arrived in the inbox from care.com. One of > the elements of the merged filter instructs any email received that contains > care.com to be moved to the deleted folder and marked as read, but this has > been ignored and it has been left in the inbox. In the screenshot I have tried > to show the detail of the received email and the settings of the filter. This > is also occurring repeatedly with other similar emails included in the merged > filter. > > Peter > First, of all, try if you can run the filter manually - if this is the case and it just doesn't work automatically: If older filters do not autorun, use the "debug" button (green beetle) to fix them.
Thanks. Yes, it worked by running manually. I have now unchecked the run manually option in case it was causing a confusion, leaving only the Getting New Mail option checked. I have also edited each filter qualification in the merged filter from "contains" to "ends with". All seems to be working as it should now. Peter
(In reply to comment #11) > Thanks. Yes, it worked by running manually. I have now unchecked the run > manually option in case it was causing a confusion, leaving only the Getting > New Mail option checked. I have also edited each filter qualification in the > merged filter from "contains" to "ends with". All seems to be working as it > should now. > Peter > Please check [Bug 26625]. This bug was only fixed recently and you need to run the repair tool (green beetle button) to fix any filter that is affected.