Mark articles as read after reading.

[virtadpt]

I noticed whlie using Selfoss for a while that articles I've just read don't get marked as read by default in the application. It'd be nice if users didn't have to manually mark everything they've just read as such before moving on. If nothing else, it would help keep the database down to a managable size after a few weeks of use.

[vincebusam]

This would be good as an option. My mobile browser refreshes on me too often, so there it would be better to manually mark them.

[SSilence]

In the next release the new shortcut t will be available. If you press t the article will be marked as read and the next one will be opened. I thinks thats a good way to handle this.

[GrumpyChunks]

I realise this has been closed for the reasons stated, but I'd just like to add a big +1 for this issue. Marking as read should be the default action when reading an item. Why would you want the item to be left unread when you've read it?

[ghost]

I totally agree with @walterweight - at least make it an option. I've been working on a 'hack', but it still has some small issues when viewed on a mobile device - other than that, it works, and it can be turned on/off in the config.ini file

[monreal]

Another +1 here. The "t" shortcut kind of works (well, not for all use cases), but it requires a keyboard. I do not have a way to press "t" on my phone or tablet...

[virtadpt]

I keep trying to use the 't' shortcut and it hasn't worked yet for me. Hitting the space bar to mark the current article as read and advance to the next works about half the time for me - the other half, it toggles the open/closed state of the current article.

[ghost]

👍

[xavez]

I agree with the above: marking an article as read should be the default behaviour when you open an article. If you come across an article you want to save or mark as unread, you can still hit the star or mark as unread shortcut (I also believe most other RSS readers do it this way. And e-mail and forums also kind of work this way, which I think is good design)

[SSilence]

I have added a new configuration option for automark a item as read.

[c4software]

Oh nice. Thanks :)

[virtadpt]

Yay! \o/

[seanrand]

Wouldn't it make more sense to make the key bindings configurable instead of adding that auto_mark_as_read setting?

With the auto_mark_as_read setting enabled, the bindings for "select and open next/previous entry" and "throw current item" basically do the same thing.

[edit: re-read the discussion]

Also, I find this behaviour strange when auto_mark_as_read is enabled:

• Click on item to expand it (-> gets marked as read, so far so good)
• Click "mark as unread"
• Click on item to collapse it again (-> it gets marked as read again)
  Shouldn't it stay unread?

[monreal]

seanrand you are right about the the "weird behaviour", I noticed this, too, the item should only be marked as read when expanding, not also on collapse