Can't delete mails from search results

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Hi,

i have been using Geary for the past few weeks and so far it’s brilliant. I just seem to have one issue:

When I search for mail and try to delete them, which is a pretty common workflow for me, I can’t:

  • the delete and backspace keys just cause the ‘bell’ signal
  • the move to trash option in the list is greyed out
  • The delete conversation button is ‘active’ as in pressable but does nothing
  • I can delete the mails normally using the inbox or folder overview

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I am using Geary 46.0 on NixOS and here is my config

$ dconf dump /org/gnome/Geary/                                 
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ask-open-attachment=true
autoselect=true
compose-as-html=false
display-preview=true
formatting-toolbar-visible=false
migrated-config=true
run-in-background=true
window-maximize=true

What am I doing wrong?

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After digging into the source I realized that there is a check to disable the ‘trash’ features if the folder doesn’t support it. Maybe the Search overview is considered a folder that doesn’t support it?

Anyway: deleting the mail (shift delete or shift backspace?) should work and while it doesn’t lead to an audible bell it doesn’t delete the mail.

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It’s an old bug. If you search the GitLab tracker you should find some discussions about it.

Wait, Shift+Canc works fine here both on Search and Trash folders.
It works also the “Delete conversation” button on the top right (on my system it appears as a circled X button).

Geary 46 (rpm) on Fedora 42.

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That’s the thing. The ‘Delete Conversations’ thing does not work. It asks for confirmation and then does nothing.

No warnings when I start Geary in the terminal as well. Is that part of the discussions on github as well?

I tested with multiple mail accounts on different mailserver software (dovecot / mox) to make sure that it’s not some weird implementational detail or config issue on the IMAP side.