QuickFolders toolbar preview mode bug

[burval]

1. QuickFolders toolbar "preview mode" (added in 6.10) remains enabled after closing QuickFolders Options window.

2. QuickFolders toolbar "preview mode" appears to be enabled at startup (rather than disabled)

[RealRaven2000]

interesting, do you recall what other tabs were open or which tab you changed to after closing options? Maybe there were no tabs left and the tabbar was hidden?

[RealRaven2000]

So far I am not able to reproduce the issue (especially to make it visible when starting Thunderbird) I guess that QuickFolders options was active when you started Thunderbird?

in my own system, when I change to the 3pane tab or when I close options tab and the system changes to it, the "preview mode" is being removed automatically. are you using multiple Thunderbird windows maybe?

By default this element is invisible when it is injected into the toolbar:

        <div id="QuickFolders-toolPanel" align="center" style="display: inline-flex; align-items: stretch !important;">
          <vbox id="QuickFolders-LabelBox" flex="0">
            <toolbarbutton id="QuickFolders-title-label" 
              label="__MSG_qf.label.quickfolders__" 
              tabindex="0"/>
            <span id="QuickFolders-PreviewToolbar" visible="false">(__MSG_preview__)</span>
          </vbox>
        </div>

[RealRaven2000]

OK, I know what happened: I was using the new option "Always display options in a tab" and this would only affect the "demo" version of the toolbar on that tab. Eventually this option will be switched on by default, you can enable it as a workaround:

Should be easy enough to fix I hope...
in the meantime you can also remove the label by clicking on another tab and then clicking on the main tab again.

[burval]

Impressive turnaround time @RealRaven2000 and thanks for the workaround. I already hold a Pro license and renew annually without hesitation but would like to make an additional donation, please advise on how I can do so.

[RealRaven2000]

Quick fix:

QuickFolders-mx-6.10.1pre45.zip

this was a tricky one! apparently the tab listener in the background script is also triggered when I open the options in a dialog window (internally this is still handled like a tab). from the background script, it is hard (probably impossible) to know where this tab resides, so I have to deal with it in the experimental code during QuickFolders.Interface.toggleToolbar()

background code:

  function onOptionsTabActivated() {
    // tell experiment to make QuickFolders toolbar visible
    if (isDebug) console.log("QuickFolders Options tab is displayed. Sending message to experimental code...");
    messenger.Utilities.displayMainToolbar(true, true); // force toolbar visible = true, say we are in options tab = true.
  }

  messenger.tabs.onCreated.addListener(async (activeTab) => {
    try {
      if (isDebug) console.log("onCreated() - Initial tab:", activeTab);

      // Wait for the URL to be set and tab to complete loading
      const finalUrl = await checkTabStatus(activeTab.id);
      if (isDebug) console.log(`Tab fully loaded with URL: ${finalUrl}`);

      if (finalUrl.startsWith(getOptionsPageURL())) {
        // this can also be triggered by the dialog!! so it may affect the main window on the mail tab
        // which we don't want...
        onOptionsTabActivated();
      }
    } catch (error) {
      console.error("Error in tabs.onCreated listener:", error);
    }
  }); 

relevant code in toggleToolbar (optionsMode is only set:

  let isPreviewMode = toggleOptions.optionsMode;
  if (
    QuickFolders.Interface.CurrentTabMode &&
    QuickFolders.Interface.CurrentTabMode.startsWith("mail")
  ) {
      // [issue 557]
      isPreviewMode = false;
  }
  QuickFolders.Interface.showElement(this.PreviewLabel, isPreviewMode);

I also see now that if the toolbar is not displayed, opening the options window in the dialog may actually force the toolbar to become visible, so I still need to deal with this in a better way...

[RealRaven2000]

I also see now that if the toolbar is not displayed, opening the options window in the dialog may actually force the toolbar to become visible, so I still need to deal with this in a better way...

that may actually be a good thing, as we can see changes to the layout (bling my tabs page). So we can take this as a temporary win... let's say by switching the default behavior to displaying options in a tab this may become less relevant anyway.

[RealRaven2000]

I already hold a Pro license and renew annually without hesitation but would like to make an additional donation, please advise on how I can do so.

If you like, you can do it from here: https://quickfolders.org/donate.html

[RealRaven2000]

Fixed in 6.10.1. - Published 20/03/2025