"Delete all" should not be option in inbox subfolders

[thnidu]

Title:
"Delete all" should not be option in inbox subfolders

Area:
inbox interface

Summary:
It's not clear to me whether the "... All" buttons in Inbox subfolders such as "unread" apply only to the messages in that folder, or to all messages, and I'm not about to test it.

Description:
When I go to my inbox and click on any of the subfolders, such as "New People" or "Unread" (see req. #12097), I still have the "mark all read" and "delete all" buttons at the top and bottom of the list.

Do these really affect *all messages*, or just the ones in the current subfolder? If the latter, I urge you to relabel them, e.g. "Delete all these" and "Mark all these read", to make it clear that they do not apply to ALL the messages.

Poll #9056 "Delete all" should not be option in inbox subfolders

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 51

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Should be implemented as-is.
24 (47.1%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
8 (15.7%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
2 (3.9%)

(I have no opinion)
17 (33.3%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[ninetydegrees]

I urge you to relabel them, e.g. "Delete all these" and "Mark all these read", to make it clear that they do not apply to ALL the messages.

Voting for this, not removing the option as the title of this entry may suggest.

[instantramen]

+1

[kerravonsen]

+1

[sally_maria]

+2

[turlough]

+1

[axiom_of_stripe]

+1

[montuos]

I agree that those buttons are too vague, and I would prefer to keep the options.

However, the suggested new labels are still ambiguous to me, but changing them to something definitively descriptive would make the labels a bit too large to be reasonable buttons. For that reason I would suggest adding info buttons or tooltips to explain them fully instead.

[kyrielle]

+1. If they only delete all the current folder, improve the display text to match behavior. (If they do affect all, that needs fixed either by changing to current-folder or by removal, tho.)

[cesy]

+1