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Re: changing 'view' to unthreaded

From Jo-Anne <Jo-Anne@nowhere.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.thunderbird
Subject Re: changing 'view' to unthreaded
Date 2026-07-04 18:21 -0500
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <112c4hd$js7r$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <1123edk$1v6cl$1@dont-email.me> <11254aa$27dlk$1@dont-email.me> <namk44F4ea0U1@mid.individual.net> <1128nbu$3h2jf$1@dont-email.me>

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On 7/3/2026 11:18 AM, Jo-Anne wrote:
> On 7/2/2026 2:59 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
>> Jo-Anne wrote:
>>
>>> Looks like it's not possible though.
>>
>> It *is* possible ...
>>
>> Set the view of one group to be as you want your default view to be (sort 
>> order/unthreaded/unread/whatever)
>>
>> In top right of the header of the message list pane, there is a "grid" icon, right-click on that
>> [the following steps feel awkward because the menu cascades to the left]
>> choose "apply current view to..."
>> choose "folder and its children"
>> choose your news server
>> choose the top-level of your news server again
>>
>> It will ask you to confirm you want to apply the current view to the news server and all its 
>> children, so click OK
>>
>> ... BUT ...
>>
>> your joy will be short lived, because before too long something will cause the view settings to 
>> get undone :-(
>>
>>
>>
> I did what you said, Andy (for the folders in Local Folders, since the newsgroups are OK as 
> threaded), but nothing has changed. I closed Thunderbird and opened it again, and still the only 
> folders that were changed from threaded to unthreaded were the ones I did manually for each folder.
> 
> Your suggestion should have worked, and I thank you for offering it.
> 

My mistake! I didn't take it far enough. Today I tried again, and this time it worked. Thank you 
very much!

-- 
Jo-Anne

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changing 'view' to unthreaded Jo-Anne <Jo-Anne@nowhere.com> - 2026-07-01 11:14 -0500
  Re: changing 'view' to unthreaded Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-07-01 09:27 -0700
    Re: changing 'view' to unthreaded Stan Brown <someone@example.com> - 2026-07-01 11:11 -0700
      Re: changing 'view' to unthreaded "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-01 21:08 +0200
  Re: changing 'view' to unthreaded Jo-Anne <Jo-Anne@nowhere.com> - 2026-07-02 02:34 -0500
    Re: changing 'view' to unthreaded Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-02 08:59 +0100
      Re: changing 'view' to unthreaded Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-07-02 08:34 -0700
        Re: changing 'view' to unthreaded Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-02 16:41 +0100
          Re: changing 'view' to unthreaded Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-07-02 10:19 -0700
            Re: changing 'view' to unthreaded dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-07-03 18:39 +0200
      Re: changing 'view' to unthreaded Jo-Anne <Jo-Anne@nowhere.com> - 2026-07-03 11:18 -0500
        Re: changing 'view' to unthreaded Jo-Anne <Jo-Anne@nowhere.com> - 2026-07-04 18:21 -0500
          Re: changing 'view' to unthreaded Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-05 08:13 +0100

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