Mac mail flags not working - Big Sur

Hi,

Actually, in my case I can flag my email but instead on being on the left side of email, where it was visible and clear, they suddenly decided to put it on the right side after the subject of the email, which is totally stupid as you cannot see it very well. See below.

Does anyone knows if or how we can put the flag back on the left, where it was visible and clear?

Thank you.

That annoyed me, too. The arrangement of the other icons at the top of the inbox also changed. I figured out how to move them into an order that pleased me, but what I can't figure out is how to change the icons within a message. Suggestions welcome!

Interesting -- you must be referring to moving the inbox columns around. For instance, I just swapped the flag column with the reply-arrow column. I think what emicotisg was talking about was the location of the tiny flag within an open message. It's way over on the right and hard to see.

Exactly what I meant, the flag located in the inbox column, not in the message itself. Before it used to be on the left side, very clear and now it's after the title on the right, below time date/time of message, making it more difficult to spot. I tried to post a picture of my inbox in my original message but for some reasons it did not show the picture... My question is can we move the flag back to the left or can it only be changed by apple developers for a next update?

Oh, I get it. You (emicotisg) must be using this layout for your inbox, with the little flag off to the right:

I use the column layout, with the flag to the left (and I can move the columns around). I think your flag is stuck on the right.

I did two things, so I am not sure what happened: I rebuilt my mailboxes, then restarted my iMac. Now all my smart mailboxes and my flags are working again. It's worth a try.

No problem

That worked – thank you so much. Easy when you know how!

Thank you so so much. Flags are huge for me and I could not find documentation of this *anywhere.*

I really do not remember, but now I went menu bar> message>flag

Thank you so much 😀

Yes, thank you. I was right clicking instead of control clicking. Crazy that they just don't provide the ability to do this in preferences.