[plug] evolution preview pane jumps to bottom

[Richard Meyer]

On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 11:20 +0800, Gavin Chester wrote:
> Sorry for the subject line - couldn't think how best to succinctly
> describe the issue :-(
> 
> Using Evolution 2.8.2 (the 'novell-ised' version on suse) I have been
> putting up with an annoying 'feature' whereby the mail preview pane in
> the default three-pane view (ie, mail tree as left column, mail list in
> top right column and a preview pane below that) shows the most extreme
> bottom right corner of the mail such that I have to scroll it back to
> read the beginning. This view might be fine if you always read threaded
> mail where each new post is appended on the bottom, but an annoying
> behaviour in all other cases.  
> 
> Anyone experienced the same and got a fix for it? I've tried settings in
> gconf-editor and did a tentative web search, but the difficulty of
> describing the problem brought up a myriad of unrelated pages. Any
> clues?
> 
> Gavin. 

Upgrade?

2.8.2 must be ancient - I'm running SUSE 10.3 (which is 3 behind
bleeding edge) and it's got 2.12.0

Never seen that "feature" before.

-- 
Richard Meyer
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. 
William Pitt, 1783

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