Open Bug 404955 Opened 17 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Cannot move or copy folders using keyboard only (implement right-click "Move to" / "Copy To" context menu actions and Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V for folders)

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect)

defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: sankarshan.mukhopadhyay, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 2 open bugs)

Details

(Keywords: access)

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; bn-IN; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071105 Fedora/2.0.0.9-1.fc8 Firefox/2.0.0.9 Build Identifier: version 2.0.0.9 (20071115) Currently the right-click context menu does not allow to Copy/Move folders. This is an RFE to include that functionality. To Move/Copy folders one needs to use the mouse to drag-n-drop folders to the desired location. It would be good to have a Move To and Copy To option in the same way it is there when clicking on a message in the Message Pane allows one to do. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. In the Classic Layout with Message Pane and Folder Pane, select a Folder on the Folder Pane and right click 2. A context menu appears without the option to Copy/Move Folders 3. Actual Results: To Move/Copy folders one needs to use the mouse to drag-n-drop folders to the desired location. Expected Results: It would be good to have a Move To and Copy To option in the same way it is there when clicking on a message in the Message Pane allows one to do.
Please also see Bug 455250.
Blocks: tbirda11y
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Component: General → Folder and Message Lists
Ever confirmed: true
OS: Linux → All
QA Contact: general → folders-message-lists
Blocks: 688153
Summary: Allowing right click context menu to Copy/Move Folders → Cannot move or copy folders using keyboard only (implement right-click "Move to" / "Copy To" context menu actions and Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V for folders)
This is a major bug in terms of accessibility, because keyboard-only users have *no way* at all of moving or copying folders.
Severity: enhancement → major
Keywords: access, sec508
Hardware: x86 → All
Similar bugs for other UI parts: Keyboard ways of copying/moving things using - Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, or - context menu "Copy to" / "Move to": Bug 512942 for messages (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X only) Bug 404955 for folders (this bug) Bug 339227 for address book items Bug 335783 for attaching imgs/msgs/files/anything from clipboard
There is no copying of folders currently, not even mouse-only! If that is desired, a new bug should be created. I would be willing to do the move part (context menu + Ctrl-X/Ctrl-V), but it will be somewhen in the next months rather than days or weeks.
Blocks: 375071
Severity: major → S3
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