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Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes?

From "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.thunderbird
Subject Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes?
Date 2025-05-25 11:38 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <100urv6$1a5lv$3@dont-email.me> (permalink)

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Sorry, newbie questions.

Say I'm into a thread:

original post
  followup 1
   followup 2
    followup 3
     followup 4

I'm looking at followup 4 (I have message pane [F8] on), and its bar is 
highlighted in blue.

If I press uparrow, the highlight moves back to followup 3 (and the 
message pane content follows) - fair enough.

But if I press leftarrow, _the same happens_ - whereas I'd expected the 
thread to collapse. Which it does when I'm on the original post. Is 
there a keystroke to collapse the thread - or subthread - when _not_ on 
the original post? (Yes, I could use the mouse - assuming the thread 
isn't so deep that the OP is off the top of the window.) It would seem 
more logical for leftarrow to collapse, even if not on OP, since uparrow 
works as it does.

Also, if my focus has left the list-of-posts pane - I've clicked in the 
message pane, or something, and the blue highlight bar in the 
list-of-posts pane (that shows which post I'm on) has turned grey - is 
there a keystroke to get back to the list pane? In some news client I 
have used in the past (not Turnpike, as that didn't _have_ the 
three-pane layout), they tab key would move focus from newsgroup list on 
the left, to list-of-posts top right, to message bottom right, then back 
to newsgroup list, and shift-tab would go in the opposite direction.
-- 
J. P. Gilliver

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Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-05-25 11:38 +0100
  Re: Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-25 13:29 +0100
    Re: Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-06-01 12:46 +0100
      Re: Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-06-03 13:24 +0100
  Re: Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-25 19:41 -0500
    Re: Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-06-01 12:49 +0100
      Re: Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-06-01 15:17 -0500
        Re: Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2025-06-01 16:01 -0500
          Re: Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-06-01 18:14 -0400
            Re: Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2025-06-02 09:40 -0500
          Re: Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-06-01 17:25 -0500
            Re: Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2025-06-02 09:36 -0500
        Re: Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-06-03 13:28 +0100
        Re: Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2025-06-03 09:03 -0500
          Re: Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-06-03 12:34 -0500
            Re: Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-06-03 18:38 +0100
  Re: Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes? Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> - 2025-05-26 18:04 +1200
    Re: Why do "<" and "^" do the same? And moving between panes? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-06-01 12:50 +0100

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