nsMsgViewSortType
the nsmsgviewsorttype interface contains constants used for sorting the thunderbird threadpane.
...for example to sort by date you would pass a function the value: components.interfaces.nsmsgviewsorttype.bydate mailnews/base/public/nsimsgdbview.idlscriptable please add a summary to this article.

nsIMsgDBView
method overview void open(in nsimsgfolder folder, in nsmsgviewsorttypevalue sorttype, in nsmsgviewsortordervalue sortorder, in nsmsgviewflagstypevalue viewflags, out long count); void openwithhdrs(in nsisimpleenumerator aheaders, in nsmsgviewsorttypevalue asorttype, in nsmsgviewsortordervalue asortorder, in nsmsgviewflagstypevalue aviewflags, out long acount); void close(); void init(in nsimessenger amessengerinstance, in nsimsgwindow amsg...
...window, in nsimsgdbviewcommandupdater acommandupdater); void sort(in nsmsgviewsorttypevalue sorttype, in nsmsgviewsortordervalue sortorder); void docommand(in nsmsgviewcommandtypevalue command); void docommandwithfolder(in nsmsgviewcommandtypevalue command, in nsimsgfolder destfolder); void getcommandstatus(in nsmsgviewcommandtypevalue command, out boolean selectable_p, out nsmsgviewcommandcheckstatevalue selected_p); void viewnavigate(in nsmsgnavigationtypevalue motion, out nsmsgkey resultid, out nsmsgviewindex resultindex, out nsmsgviewindex threadindex, in boolean wrap); boolean navigatestatus(in nsmsgnavigationtypevalue motion); nsmsgkey getkeyat(in nsmsgviewindex index); nsimsgdbhdr getmsghdrat(in nsmsgviewindex index); n...
... sorttype nsmsgviewsorttypevalue the type of sort being used (i.e.
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for example to sort by date you would pass a function the value: 1266 nsmsgviewsorttype interfaces, xpcom, xpcom api reference, thunderbird the nsmsgviewsorttype interface contains constants used for sorting the thunderbird threadpane.

nsIDBFolderInfo
imapunreadpendingmessages long knownartsset string locale astring mailboxname astring nummessages long numunreadmessages long sortorder nsmsgviewsortordervalue sorttype nsmsgviewsorttypevalue version unsigned long viewflags nsmsgviewflagstypevalue viewtype nsmsgviewtypevalue methods andflags() long andflags( in long flags ); parameters flags missing description return value missing description exceptions thrown missing exception missing desc...

nsIMsgDatabase
defaultviewflags nsmsgviewflagstypevalue readonly: defaultsorttype nsmsgviewsorttypevalue readonly: defaultsortorder nsmsgviewsortordervalue readonly: msghdrcachesize unsigned long folderstream nsioutputstream summaryvalid boolean methods open() opens a database folder.

XPCOM reference
for example to sort by date you would pass a function the value:nsmsgviewsorttypethe nsmsgviewsorttype interface contains constants used for sorting the thunderbird threadpane.