On Mon, 2015-11-02 at 12:09 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > No, it's been there for a couple of releases I think. The > > > asterisk > > > goes away if you visit the folder and comes back when a new > > > message > > > arrives. The only thing is that it's not a very obvious change - > > > at > > > least with some icon sets. Perhaps there needs to be an option > > > to > > > make it more obvious - for example to change the colour of the > > > folder > > > text or something like that. > > > > As I say, it makes the folder title boldface. Otherwise there's no > > change (not just "not very obvious" but none whatever). > > > No, it's different to making the folder bold. > The folder title being bold is determined by whether there are any > unread messages in the folder, even if the folder has been visited. > The > asterisk in the folder icon appears if messages have arrived since > the > folder was last opened. > Some examples below (and sorry for the HTML mail!). My spam folder > before visiting it: > Spam folder after visiting, but not reading anything: > > So you can see if messages have arrived without remembering how many > unread messages you had previously.P.
I changed icon theme to the default Gnome one and I now see it. It's so faint (light yellow on an off-white background) as to be virtually invisible. Never noticed it before. And after changing it back to my usual theme (Breeze) it's still there. Maybe it was always there and I just didn't see it. Or maybe not. It's a mystery ... poc _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
