[dev] Sidebar Mail "Block"

[Andrew Coleman]

On Aug 12, 2004, at 7:32 AM, Rick Emery wrote:
> I haven't been able to find where the sidebar mail block is populated 
> (and
> rendered), and I'm not sure that everybody wants it to work the same 
> way, but
> it *appears* that, to get the functionality I want (display the count 
> of *all*
> new messages, and allow access to every folder in the sidebar), I 
> simply need
> to have the sidebar populated as though the "Expand the entire folder 
> tree by
> default in the folders view?" option is set to "Yes". Assuming I can 
> find
> where the sidebar is built, would this be a good user preference to 
> add under
> IMP? Should the block itself have a configuration somewhere?

The folder summary is created in the imp/lib/Block/tree_folders.php 
file and rendered under a Horde_Block framework object...

> Another item I'd like to look into: with the folder list expanded, my 
> sidebar
> frame needs a horizontal scrollbar, as the count of new messages in 
> some of my
> folders is beyond the right boundary of the frame. Since most of my 
> computers
> run at 1600x1200, I have the screen real estate to widen the sidebar 
> frame a
> little to eliminate the horizontal scrollbar and have everything 
> appear in the
> frame, so I though to make the frame width configurable.
>
> Does anyone else think this would be a good feature? If so, would it 
> be better
> configurable by an admin, or as a user preference?

In a word, hellzyea. A user preference would be nice. Lots of people 
have different screen sizes. :P

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Andrew Coleman

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