Roundcube Context Menu Folder Manager
Technical plugin name is contextmenu_folder.
Folder list context menu | Folder list control menu | Message list context menu |
---|---|---|
This plugin can be useful for users who want to work efficiently with large number of mailboxes or imap folders (anywhere form few hundred to few thousand folders).
Plugin contextmenu_folder provides context menus for the following folder operations:
- create/delete/rename/locate mailbox imap folder
- apply mailbox tree view filters, grouped in categories: [
active
,favorite
] - where each category uses filter selectors from: [
unread
,special
,selected
,transient
,predefined
]
Filter selectors support these features:
-
unread
: this filter finds mailboxes with unread messages -
special
: will include special imap folders: [inbox
,drafts
,sent
,junk
,trash
] -
selected
: represents folder collection which can be selected/unselected into by the user -
transient
: based on automatic folder collection, which tracks created/deleted/renamed mailboxes -
predefined
: static user-defined list of mailbox folders, which is more "permanent" thenselected
Dependencies
Plugin contextmenu_folder requires few other plugins:
-
jqueryui
: jquery ui plugin, included with roundcube -
contextmenu
: context menu plugin, from roundcube repo
Manual Install
Installation can be done in two steps: providing resources and activating configuration.
- Provision plugin resources. For example, for roundcube on archlinux:
cd /usr/share/webapps/roundcubemail/plugins
rm -r -f contextmenu
git clone https://github.com/random-cuber/contextmenu.git contextmenu
rm -r -f contextmenu_folder
git clone https://github.com/random-cuber/contextmenu_folder.git contextmenu_folder
- Activate plugin in
roundcube
configuration. For example, for roundcube on archlinux:
cat /etc/webapps/roundcubemail/config/config.inc.php
$config['plugins'] = array(
'jqueryui', // dependency
'contextmenu', // dependency
'contextmenu_folder', // plugin proper
);
Settings
Navigate to:
Settings -> Preferences -> Mailbox View -> Folder Menu
Menu entries:
-
TODO
: TODO
Available features are described in plugin default config.
Operation
- Folder list context menu:
Navigate to:
Mail -> [Mailbox list] -> [Access context menu]
Menu entries:
-
Select folder
: append given mailbox to theselected
collection -
Unselect folder
: remove given mailbox from theselected
collection -
Create folder
: create new sub folder using given mailbox as a parent -
Delete folder
: completely remove given folder and its messages -
Rename folder
: change mailbox name, keep existing messages in new folder -
Folder tree read
: mark all read in the given folder and all of the descendants
- Folder list control menu:
Navigate to:
Mail -> [Mailbox list] -> [Click footer button]
Menu entries:
-
Show all
: remove all filters and display all available mailboxes -
Show active
: apply mailbox filters formactive
category (see settings) -
Show favorite
: apply mailbox filters formfavorite
category (see settings) -
Reset selected
: remove all mailboxes form theselected
collection -
Reset transient
: remove all mailboxes form thetransient
collection -
Expand all
: expand all mailboxes in the current view -
Collapse all
: collapse all mailboxes in the current view -
Locate folder
: present a search dialog to find a mailbox via simple name match
Note that footer button
will change appearance to reflect all/active/favorite
view.
- Message list context menu:
Navigate to:
Mail -> [Message list] -> [Access context menu]
Menu entries:
-
Create folder
: create imap folder based on company/contact name derived from email headers -
Copy to folder
: copy selected mailbox messages to a folder located by quick folder name search -
Move to folder
: move selected mailbox messages to a folder located by quick folder name search
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