6.4 - Published 04/12/2023

Improvements

• Additional settings for QuickFolders are now accessible to all operating systems. These are now displayed with a little sprocket icon beside the main option, which can be used to get into advanced configuration:

  

  This makes the settings instantly more accessible without overloading the UI with too much information and having to build separate dialogs. Settings are opened as a filtered view of about:config (the search box is fixed so that the user cannot accidentally overwrite unwanted settings). [issue #441]

• quickfilter search box does not loose focus 1 second after clicking a QuickFolders Tab [issue #434]

Bugfixes

• You can now load configuration from the license tab, which was broken by Thundebird 115. [issue #425]
• When dragging emails across QuickFolders tabs, popup menus are now removed again. [issue #428]
• Fixed a hanging subfolder menu on first tab when dragging mail to quickMove Button [issue #410]
• Fixed disappearing context command to 'Customize Icon' in folder tree. [issue #430]
• You can now move folders using Shift-M again. [issue #436]
• In advanced tab properties - setting to / from fields for folders is now working again [issue #437]
• Fixed layout and visibility problems with transparency and unselectable items in tab-specific properties panel on Mac. [issue #433]
• Thunderbird 122 beta - cannot add new tabs to toolbar [issue #439]

Other Improvements

• Removed unwanted text shadow in quickJump help panel [issue #427]

6.3 - Published 30/10/2023

Enhancements

• Added custom icons in folder tree in Thunderbird 115. [issue #399]

  These were supported in previous versions and QuickFolders will be able to load your previous settings if you used v5.17.1 or 5.18 on Thunderbird 102 or an earlier version.

  To display the menu right-click any folder in the folder tree. We use the official menus API, which only allows a single Add-on command that is automatically appended to the bottom of the folder pane menu.

  If the folder has no custom icon the command Customize Icon... will be shown:

  

  If the folder already has an icon there will be a choice of replacing or removing the icon in a QuickFolders popup menu.

  

  The maximum number of configurable icons is determined by license type. Icons should ideally be not bigger than 18*18px, you can get a bunch of examples from here

• Made registration screen less tall / easily resizable [issue #400]

• Support svg icons in tabs - make icon size configurable. [issue #407]

• Many thanks to Fx Benard for reviewing the French translations.

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Open folder from QF Tab while viewing a message [issue #398]
• Fixed toolbar issues in Single Message window: "null" element [issue #404]
• The Navigation Bar now avoids horizontal overflow in columns view [issue #409]
• Tab specific properties panel was cut off at bottom [issue #408]
• Fixed: the 'Empty Junk' commands were intermittently hidden from context menus in folder tree [issue #406]
• Dragging mail to Current Folder tab did not open subfolders popup [issue #412]
• Message list scrolls to top when switching folders [issue #417]
• 'Create new subfolder' menuitem was missing when dragging mail to a QuickFolders Tab [issue #420]
• Automatically select next message after quickMove #419

6.2 - Published 30/08/2023

Enhancements

• The menu font size can now be changed for all popup menus, independently of the button font. [issue #394]
  
  This may be done so that more subfolders can be fit in the popup menu:
  

• Folder menus now support Thunderbird compact mode - this will be helpful for tabs with many subfolders. [issue #396]
  In Thunderbird115, Density can be set directly in the Application menu:
  

• You can now also change the font size of the folder tabs in 'Apple Pills' theme.

• Improved coloring and layout for Apple theme.

• Display localized license expiry date in registration dialog (not as YYYY-MM-DD).

Bugfixes

• Fixed: quickJump switched to matching single mail tab instead of jumping to Folder in current tab. [issue #389]
• Fixed navigation bar (current folder bar) positioning when switching between classic and vertical layout. [issue #395]
• Also made sure that current folder tab layout is changed when a different theme is selected.
• Resolved keyboard collision with quick filter toolbar; typing [Shift]+[F] and [Shift]+[M] in the search bar triggered the quickJump search. [issue #392]
• Repaired: set keyboard focus back to thread pane after quickmove
• QuickFolders did not detect if quickFilters assistant started automatically. This is now working even if quickFilters gets restarted from extension manager. [issue #397]

Miscellaneous

• Retired option to set QuickFolders toolbar position. [issue #380]
• After the license was viewed via the menu "check license status", now the "renew license" button is reset for the session and returned to standard toolbar appearance (special coloring / message is removed)

Known Issues

• Number shortcuts not working - move mail with Option+Shift+Number (Note that [ALT] shortcuts are already taken by Thunderbird, so we need to use CTRL (Windows, Linux) or OPTION (Apple) as modifier to activate tabs. [issue #387]

5.18 - Published 27/08/2023

Release 5.18 - compatible with Thunderbird 91.0-110.0

QuickFolders for Thunderbird 115 has been released, and I have released 3 versions for the new platform so far. You can read up on the current progress of this work here: [issue #351]

As this work is exclusively funded by the sale of licenses, please consider buying a license or renewing your previous one if you are interested in using QuickFolders in the future

Enhancements

• The menu font size can now be changed - this is now independent of the button label for all popup menus. [issue #394]
• Folder menus now support Thunderbird compact mode - this will be helpful for tabs with many subfolders. [issue #396]
• You can now also change the font size of the folder tabs in 'Apple Pills' theme.
• Improved coloring and layout for Apple theme.
• Display localized license expiry date in registration dialog (not as YYYY-MM-DD).

6.1.1 published on 08/08/2023

Release 6.1.1 - compatible with Thunderbird 115.*

Please note that QuickFolders is compatible with the latest version of Thunderbird (115.1) - if you get a message that says otherwise after updating from earlier versions (e.g. Tb91) or if QuickFolders cannot be enabled with the blue slider, simply remove it and reinstall it via "Find more Add-ons" search box on the Extensions tab of Add-ons Manager.

To support QuickFolders, please buy a QuickFolders Pro license here. Or get the new cheaper QuickFolders Standard License. This is the preferred way of funding all the ongoing work and improvements. Read the new comparison chart to see which functions you get depending on your license. You can also donate from here.

Maintenance Items

• Fixed in 6.1.1: Toggle toolbar button and toggle folder pane only work after install, not next session issue #386

Enhancements

• Tabs for unified folders (such as Unified Inbox) now support showing the actual folders, renamed to their account names.
• Fixed integration of main toolbar with single message tab / Select current folder in toolbar when switching to single mail tab. [issue #374]
• Redesigned menu icons and fixed a number of issues in the options screen - icons had some problems changing to dark themes. If you experience missing colors in QuickFolders settings, you can enable the about:config setting svg.context-properties.content.enabled = true
• Added internal configuration Option to close tab after mail is moved from single message view. To activate the new option, set extensions.quickfolders.quickMove.singleTab.autoClose. [issue #375]
• Moved [F9] keyboard shortcut to toggle folder pane to [F10], as F9 was reserved by Thunderbird. This can be changed from the Add-ons Manager via the tools menu.

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Create new subfolder while dragging to tab throws error.
• Fixed: quickJump shortcut = to show most recent used folders broken [issue #382]
• You can once again use the filter assistant to create filter rules with quickMove. [issue #385]
• Corrected the reported number of messages moved when using quickMove. [issue #354]
• Bookmarks: in Thunderbird 115 "Add current item" was not working [issue #376]
• Fixed a minor issue with the background color of the QuickFolders toolbar label.
• Fixed the color picker for custom colors in current folder toolbar.
• Fixed: Changing 'minimum height' opens help topic instead. [issue #372]
• Fixed: Custom navigation bar icon color picker doesn't work and could lead to unreadable current folder button. [issue #383]

Known Issues

• Skip to next unread folder - this still needs some fixing as it may skip unread mails in the next unread folder. We are looking for a replacement function for something that isn't accessible in Thunderbird 115 anymore.

6.1 - Published 08/08/2023

Release 6.1 - compatible with Thunderbird 115.*

Please note that QuickFolders is compatible with the latest version of Thunderbird (115.1) - if you get a message that says otherwise after updating from earlier versions (e.g. Tb91) or if QuickFolders cannot be enabled with the blue slider, simply remove it and reinstall it via "Find more Add-ons" search box on the Extensions tab of Add-ons Manager.

To support QuickFolders, please buy a QuickFolders Pro license here. Or get the new cheaper QuickFolders Standard License. This is the preferred way of funding all the ongoing work and improvements. Read the new comparison chart to see which functions you get depending on your license. You can also donate from here.

Enhancements

• Tabs for unified folders (such as Unified Inbox) now support showing the actual folders, renamed to their account names.
• Fixed integration of main toolbar with single message tab / Select current folder in toolbar when switching to single mail tab. [issue #374]
• Redesigned menu icons and fixed a number of issues in the options screen - icons had some problems changing to dark themes. If you experience missing colors in QuickFolders settings, you can enable the about:config setting svg.context-properties.content.enabled = true
• Added internal configuration Option to close tab after mail is moved from single message view. To activate the new option, set extensions.quickfolders.quickMove.singleTab.autoClose. [issue #375]
• Moved [F9] keyboard shortcut to toggle folder pane to [F10], as F9 was reserved by Thunderbird. This can be changed from the Add-ons Manager via the tools menu.

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Create new subfolder while dragging to tab throws error.
• Fixed: quickJump shortcut = to show most recent used folders broken [issue #382]
• You can once again use the filter assistant to create filter rules with quickMove. [issue #385]
• Corrected the reported number of messages moved when using quickMove. [issue #354]
• Bookmarks: in Thunderbird 115 "Add current item" was not working [issue #376]
• Fixed a minor issue with the background color of the QuickFolders toolbar label.
• Fixed the color picker for custom colors in current folder toolbar.
• Fixed: Changing 'minimum height' opens help topic instead. [issue #372]
• Fixed: Custom navigation bar icon color picker doesn't work and could lead to unreadable current folder button. [issue #383]

Known Issues

• Skip to next unread folder - this still needs some fixing as it may skip unread mails in the next unread folder. We are looking for a replacement function for something that isn't accessible in Thunderbird 115 anymore.

5.17.1 - Published 07/08/2023

Release 5.17.1 - Compatible with Thunderbird 91.0-110.0

QuickFolders for Thunderbird 115 has been released, and I am currently fixing important regressions. You can read up on the current progress of this work here: [issue #351]

As this work is exclusively funded by the sale of licenses, please consider buying a license or renewing your previous one if you are interested in using QuickFolders in the future

Enhancements

• Tabs for unified folders (such as Unified Inbox) now support showing the actual folders, renamed to their account names:

  

• Redesigned menu icons and fixed a number of issues in the options screen - icons had some problems changing to dark themes. If you experience missing colors in QuickFolders settings, you can enable the about:config setting:
  svg.context-properties.content.enabled = true
  see also #217

• Automatically back up the custom folder icons for future restauration in Thunderbird 115. On startup, QuickFolders will automatically backup custom icons on the folder tree (all folder URLs and the locations of their icons) in the file quickFolders-FolderTree.json which will be stored in the profile/extensions folder. This will be only done once automatically.

  The backup function can be also invoked manually via the QuickFolders debug menu - to access, click on QuickFolders tools button while holding down SHIFT, and then select Debug / Backup folder tree icons.

  

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed the color picker for custom colors in current folder toolbar.
• Fixed: Changing 'minimum height' opens help topic instead. [issue #372]
• Fixed: Custom navigation bar icon color picker doesn't work and could lead to unreadable current folder button. [issue #383]

6.0 - Published 29/07/2023

Release 6.0 - compatible with Thunderbird 115.*

QuickFolders is now compatible with the latest version of Thunderbird (115.0.1) - if you get a message that says otherwise after updating from earlier versions (e.g. Tb91) or if QuickFolders cannot be enabled with the blue slider, simply remove it and reinstall it via "Find more Add-ons" search box on the Extensions tab of Add-ons Manager. To support QuickFolders, please buy a QuickFolders Pro license here. Or get the new cheaper QuickFolders Standard License. This is the preferred way of funding all the ongoing work and improvements. Read the comparison chart to see which functions you get depending on your license. You can also donate from here.

Functionality converted to Thunderbird 115

• Rewritten QuickFolders toolbar to show in a different element (Supernova wants all buttons displayed in their new Unified toolbar). All Folder menus remain as XUL items for now as they are difficult to recreate in HTML. The new main styling including custom icons in the QuickFolders tab has been implemented.

• Following the Firefox model, Thunderbird 115 allows only one single action button (I am currently negotiating with the Thunderbird team to allow more optional buttons) I decided to add the toolbar toggle button to the unified toolbar:

  

• With this the QuickFolders toolbar can be hidden temporarily. When you install QuickFolders in Tb115 for the first time, all Add-on buttons are added on the top right - you may move it by right-clicking the unified toolbar and selecting customize:

  

• Recent Folders had to be rewritten.

• Drag & Drop was broken and had to be fixed.

• Rewritten the event listeners in folder tree (drag and drop)

• The Navigation toolbar (a.k.a. Current Folder Bar) in center screen had to be re-implemented because there are now multiple 3pane documents / windows (one for each Thunderbird tab) Also I am now hiding unnecessary elements of the toolbar when it is displayed in the single message tab or single message window.

• Implemented main toolbar buttons (Show QuickFolders toolbar) as Unified toolbar action button.

• Storage of QuickFolders category per tab is now implemented with the new tab sessions API.

• Most of the icons in the options window have been redesigned as svg graphics for a modernized look and feel. Also, dark theme support has been improved.

Issues / Open Points

• New CSS rules for folder tree icons: as the folder tree has been rewritten as HTML list, we cannot use the foldertreeitem.getProperties function to store this information anymore. Instead we need an new method to store this information separately - and then rules for styling the folders have to be recreated. This may take a little while - I am considering writing a tool to extract the information from older versions of Thunderbird (91 or 102) so they can be migrated to 115 later.
• The (mail) toolbar buttons Create folder and Skip Folder can currently not be added (because the mail toolbar is gone and unified toolbar only allows one single button per Add-on)
• When a QuickFolders Tab is selected, Thunderbird still needs to scroll the folder tree to that folder.

5.16.1 - published 23/04/2023

I am currently working on the conversion of the QuickFolders Addon for the new Thunderbird SuperNova UI. This will be implemented in the next major version of Thunderbird 115 in Summer 2023.

You can read up on the current progress of this work here: [issue #351]

As this work is exclusively funded by the sale of licenses, please consider buying a license or renewing your previous one if you are interested in using QuickFolders in the future

Maintenance Items 5.6.1
-fixed Catalan locale (newsSection).
-improved layout on Renew / Extend button (added padding)

Enhancements

• Added visible warning about license 10 days before expiry. [issue #350]
  
• News button will not be shown unless at least minor version number of QuickFolders is increased. But you can always read up on the latest changes via the tools menu item "Latest Update News..." - and used to be titled "View Splash Screen".
  
• Added pricing section to the buy license dialog. This explains that prices can be looked up via the browser without necessarily buying, by clicking the appropriate button on the screen.

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed "Compact Folder" on current folder submenu.
• Corrected the Number of days left in license by rounding up [issue #352].

5.16 - published 21/04/2023

I am currently working on the conversion of the QuickFolders Addon for the new Thunderbird SuperNova UI. This will be implemented in the next major version of Thunderbird 115 in Summer 2023.

You can read up on the current progress of this work here: [issue #351]

As this work is exclusively funded by the sale of licenses, please consider buying a license or renewing your previous one if you are interested in using QuickFolders in the future

Enhancements

• Added visible warning about license 10 days before expiry. [issue #350]
  
• News button will not be shown unless at least minor version number of QuickFolders is increased. But you can always read up on the latest changes via the tools menu item "Latest Update News..." - and used to be titled "View Splash Screen".
  
• Added pricing section to the buy license dialog. This explains that prices can be looked up via the browser without necessarily buying, by clicking the appropriate button on the screen.

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed "Compact Folder" on current folder submenu.
• Corrected the Number of days left in license by rounding up [issue #352].