Add possibility to change sort attribute

[Friptick]

As a user I want to change how my emails are sorted

Todo

• Change sort order
• Change sort attribute

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Original report

There does not seem to be an option to change the mail sort order.

True?

Some users like to read mail in the order it was received.

Mail app version: 0.7.6

[alexanderdd]

can someone change the title of this issue to "sort by date asc/desc, read/unread, starred/unstarred, has/no attachment"
Cause I think this is what is needed in the long run, and it includes the original request.
If not, I will open a new issue with that title.

If sort by date ascending/descending is implemented first, it would be good to keep the other development things in the back of the mind for coding/design decisions.

Personally I need sort by read/unread most, thats the main reason I cannot use the Mail app at the moment cause I let unimportant mails sit in my inbox until I have some more time, but then the unread mails are so far down that they are hard to find without sorting.

agree/disagree?

anybody think we need filtering also or is sorting enough? (I think sorting is enough)

[alexanderdd]

also relevant: Filtering #2433

[Friptick]

Yes, perhaps "make inbox sortable" would be a better title. It should always be possible to sort a table by any column ASC-DESC. This could even be done on the front-end in theory, but it is important that the setting is persistent.

This thread shows that people use inboxes in different ways. So sortability in general would be a real improvement.

[jancborchardt]

Then design-wise, we would need user settings (in the bottom-left general settings) like so:

Sorting

• Newest first / Oldest first (as radio switch, newest first default)
• Unread first (checkbox, off by default)
• Messages with attachments first (checkbox, off by default)

All other things are e.g. handled by priority inbox.

The basic thing would be Newest/oldest switching, and the others I will leave up to @ChristophWurst to decide – remember every setting increases complexity and the testing matrix.

[hamza221]

Unimplemented

• Unread first (checkbox, off by default)
• Messages with attachments first (checkbox, off by default)