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Peter Lairo

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Aug 15, 2006, 8:28:24 AM8/15/06
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Thunderbird needs UI to rearrange Tags.

The main reason (for me) is to the number keys (1 to n) to un-/assign
tags. Unfortunately, the numbers are allotted according to the order in
which the tags were created (newest = 1) (right?) and thus change.

I think the user should be able to control which tag gets which number.
That way it is much easier to remember which tag has which number.

This UI could be added to the "Tools / Options / Display / Tags" dialog
via *Move Up* and *Move Down* buttons:

+-----------------------------------+
| Work | [ Add ] |
| Personal | [ Delete ] |
| Computers | |
| Politics | [ Move Up ] |
| ToDo | [ Move Down ] |
| Important | |
+------------------+ |
| |
| [OK ] [ Cancel ] |
+-----------------------------------+

It would be even better if a column was added to show the current
shortcut key (use tooltip to explain!):

+-------------------------------------+
| 1 Work | [ Add ] |
| 2 Personal | [ Delete ] |
| 3 Computers | |
| 4 Politics | [ Move Up ] |
| 5 ToDo | [ Move Down ] |
| 6 Important | |
+--------------------+ |
| |
| [OK ] [ Cancel ] |
+-------------------------------------+

BTW: The selection of a tag makes the tag description nearly unreadable.
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Chris Ilias

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Aug 15, 2006, 6:25:28 PM8/15/06
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_Peter Lairo_ spoke thusly on 15/08/2006 8:28 AM:

> Thunderbird needs UI to rearrange Tags.
>
> The main reason (for me) is to the number keys (1 to n) to un-/assign
> tags. Unfortunately, the numbers are allotted according to the order in
> which the tags were created (newest = 1) (right?) and thus change.

I believe that's bug 342065
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342065
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Peter Lairo

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Aug 16, 2006, 5:30:46 AM8/16/06
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Chris Ilias wrote on 16.08.2006 00:25:
> _Peter Lairo_ spoke thusly on 15/08/2006 8:28 AM:
>> Thunderbird needs UI to rearrange Tags.
>>
>> The main reason (for me) is to the number keys (1 to n) to un-/assign
>> tags. Unfortunately, the numbers are allotted according to the order
>> in which the tags were created (newest = 1) (right?) and thus change.
>
> I believe that's bug 342065
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342065

Yep, close enough. Thanks! :-)

Peter Lairo

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Oct 3, 2006, 5:07:23 AM10/3/06
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Peter Lairo wrote on 15.08.2006 14:28:
> Thunderbird needs UI to rearrange Tags.
>
> +---------------------------------------+

> | 1 Work | [ Add ] |
> | 2 Personal | [ Delete ] |
> | 3 Computers | |
> | 4 Politics | [ Move Up ] | <-- This button
> | 5 ToDo | [ Move Down ] | <-- This button

> | 6 Important | |
> +--------------------+ |
> | |
> | [OK ] [ Cancel ] |
> +---------------------------------------+

No interest? Too bad. :-(

Is anyone aware of a bug# for this improvement?

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