BlackBerry Limited
Electronic device and method for selectively applying message actions

Abstract:

A method for displaying messages is disclosed. The method includes: displaying, on a display of an electronic device, a message thread listing view; while the message thread listing view is displayed, detecting a selection of one of the message threads; displaying a menu overlaying the message thread listing view, the menu including a user interface element associated with at least a reply-to-all action; detecting a selection of the user interface element associated with the reply-to-all action; and in response to detecting the selections of the message thread and the user interface element: automatically identifying an appropriate email message from the selected message thread based on at least a number of recipients of the appropriate message, wherein the appropriate message was received before at least one other message in the selected message thread; and replacing the message thread listing view with a message composition view for composing a reply-to-all message.