From kmail-devel  Fri Dec 31 19:39:39 2004
From: Zachary Jensen <Zakaelri () drexel ! edu>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 19:39:39 +0000
To: kmail-devel
Subject: [Bug 96089] New: [wish] Add groups and names to kmail filters to
Message-Id: <20041231203937.96089.Zakaelri () drexel ! edu>
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           Summary: [wish] Add groups and names to kmail filters to improve
                    usability
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Gentoo Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kmail-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: Zakaelri drexel edu


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.3.2)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages

I have a larger number of filters in KMail. It is beginning to become cumbersome to track all of them, and what exactly they do.

Instead of having to remember all of their characteristics (or figure them out when dealing with RegEx'd expressions), it would be nice if the filter dialog provided naming for each filter. That name would be displayed on the filter list, instead of the filter characteristics.

For instance, say I have a filter that matches the following regex:
(foo|bar)?[:digit:]* kde\ org

Now, this is not too complex for a regular expression, but it demonstrates the complexity of just one. If that were to be combined with a few others, figuring out what the filter does as a whole can become tedious. Providing a name text box would allow a user to assign, say "FooBars @ KDE", which is much easier to recognize.

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The second half of this is to allow filters to be assigned to groups or folders (similarly to how gestures are organized in the control center). This allows a hierarchy of filters to be made. That way, groups of similar filters can be moved at the same time, and could also be collapsed, so the selection box doesn't seem as daunting.

e.g. I have the foobar filter from above, and I also have a few other filters for KDE: KDE Bugs, KDE Announcements, KDE Mailing Lists

The current system would arrange them like so:
|- KDE Bugs
|- KDE Announcements
|- KDE Mailing Lists
|- FooBars @ KDE

With the group system, I could arrange them as follows:
+ KDE
|- KDE Bugs
|- KDE Announcements
|- KDE Mailing Lists
|- FooBars @ KDE

Then, all of the menu items would collapse onto KDE, making them into a nice little folder.
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