Roundcubemail: Elastic: folder select menu is not closed after selection (iPad)

[grape6]

If no message is selected and we try to select another folder, it's selected (message Loading),
but folders list is not closed and to see messages list we have to close it manually.
It only happens if no message is selected before new folder select.

RCM git, contextmenu plugin. iPad, ios 11.4.1, safari or firefox.

[alecpl]

Folders list should never hide automatically after folder selection. There's one reason for this. There's the folders list menu, so hiding the list when you select a folder to use the menu would be wrong.

So, I guess we should fix the issue by not hiding the list also if any message is selected.

[grape6]

but we should perform additional action to select another folder just after login.
open folder menu -> select -> close -> select message.
may be it's good to auto select first message in folder (after selection) and the problem will be closed?

[alecpl]

but we should perform additional action to select another folder just after login.

I do not follow. COuld you describe that in more detail? Auto-selecting messages does not make any sense to me.

[grape6]

Try to explain, just after login only message list of inbox displayed, and no message content.
if we select any message (it's displayed in right frame) and after that select another folder we've got
only message list on new folder displayed and no message content (folder select menu is closed). This seems correct.
But if we select another folder after that, folder list is still displayed and hide message list.
If we select any message before going to select another folder, folder list is closed and message list af newly selected folder is displayed.

we are talking about mobile devices.

ps: just sorry for my English, it's a bit hard to explain all correctly.

[alecpl]

It looks that I do not agree with you about the proposed fix. In my opinion the folders list should not disappear when you select another folder. It should disappear only when you click the Back button (in the folders list header). That's the fix I propose.

I see why switching to messages list on folder selection would make sense (that's usually what mobile apps do), but with such behavior you would not be able to use the folders list menu. Maybe this menu, on phones and tablets, should be placed in the messages list header. Would be good to have some designer feedback on this.

[grape6]

Still don't understand why folder list have to be displayed after selection. You just completed desired action
(select new folder) and expect to see new folder content, not the same folder list?
may be i'm wrong.

[alecpl]

Fixed as requested. We decided that it is a most common expectation on mobile.