Comment 21 for bug 509665

Hi gf,

I'm using Thunderbird 52.9.1 (64-bit), on Ubuntu 17.10 (64-bit).

As I don't have a printer, I can't confirm your findings about the other messages being printed to the printer. I did install a (dummy) printer(-driver), to see if the messages would end up in the queue. They did not appear there, but that might be because there is no actual printer attached.

My exact reproduction scenario:

In an open Thunderbird:

1) Select a message by single-click;
2) Select second message by Control-click;
3) Select third message by Control-click;
4) Click on "hamburger menu", in upper-right corner to open menu;
5) Choose "Print..." from menu;
6) Choose "Print to File", select Output format PDF, leave filename at default "~/mozilla.pdf";
7) Click green button "Print" in upper right corner;
8) A popup flashes a few times, indicating the messages being printed.

Check file "~/mozilla.pdf" with a PDF viewer (I used Evince)

The file only contains the LAST message from the selection.

I also tried a variation, after selecting three messages, Control-click the first one twice (which deselects it, and then re-selects it). After that, continue with step 4 above. This also prints only the LAST message to the file. So it seems the selection is printed in order, not "last selected first", or some such.

regards,
Orin