Stop TB from deleting mails on DELETE/Backspace key

[Mathias Koerber]

I find it annoying that TB allows me to delete emails
(when in the folder view) by pressing the DELETE or BACKSPACE key.
Sometimes I accidentally press that while reading mail
(in the preview pane) thinking that I had a compose window open to reply
and attempting to edit. That deletes the email (and I have to look for
it in Trash and move it back).

I'd rather that deletion of email can *only* be effected by
explicit mouse action, not a single key.
Is there a setting for this?

[David]

On 8/23/2011 9:42 PM, Mathias Koerber wrote:
> I find it annoying that TB allows me to delete emails
> (when in the folder view) by pressing the DELETE or BACKSPACE key.
> Sometimes I accidentally press that while reading mail
> (in the preview pane) thinking that I had a compose window open to reply
> and attempting to edit. That deletes the email (and I have to look for
> it in Trash and move it back).

Thunderbird does not actually delete the email until you compact the
folder. To recover deleted emails press Ctrl + Z (press them at the same
time0. Once you compact the folder you will have to look for it it
trash. The search feature works very well BTW

> I'd rather that deletion of email can *only* be effected by
> explicit mouse action, not a single key.
> Is there a setting for this?

Not that I know of.

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David

[Mark Hansen]

Can the OP use the keyconfig addon to remap the delete message action?
I've never tried to use it in this way, but it may be worth looking into.