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When I select a message in the Message Viewer on the left side of my screen and delete it, the next message to it (below) sometimes gets deleted, too. Any suggestions for preventing this will be most welcome. Very annoying, and also inconsistent.

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 26, 2023 9:42 PM

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BDAqua

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Posted on Mar 27, 2023 8:46 AM

One thing I'd check is Sys Prefs>Keyboard>Key Repeat & delay until Repeat.

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BDAqua

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Mar 27, 2023 8:46 AM in response to lily1234daisy

One thing I'd check is Sys Prefs>Keyboard>Key Repeat & delay until Repeat.

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