Thread view (Group by Threads) sorts messages unintuitively
EDIT: Version + Distro
Distribution: Arch Linux
Kernel: Linux 5.5.13.arch2-1
Evolution: 3.36.1-1
When sorting messages by date (desc) so the newest messages are at the top, and grouping messages by thread, the threads are still sorted by date (asc), with the oldest message at the top.
Relevant settings: View -> Group By Threads
, View -> Current View -> For Wide View
, Right click on messages heading in message view and sort by date descending (newest first).
This becomes more unintuitive when you collapse the thread and the only message you see is the oldest message, rather than the most recent message as one might expect
Curiously, the date on the message is the date of the newest message, but the title and content are from the oldest message
Some mockups of what a fix/alternate setting could look like:
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