Folders4Gmail

Search and sort your Gmail.

Q: You love Gmail, but you miss folders to sort your emails?
A: Organize your labels in a folder-like hierarchy with the Folders4Gmail userscript.

Example of Folders4Gmail in use

How do I arrange my labels as a hierarchy?

Suppose you have two labels:
Mum
Dad

And you want Mum and Dad to be sub-labels of Family.

All you have to do is:

  1. Rename your labels (use Edit labels and rename)
    Dad to Family/Dad
    Mum to Family/Mum
  2. Install the Folders4Gmail Userscript
    For Firefox 2 or Netscape 9

    1. Install Greasemonkey
    2. Click here: Install Folders4Gmail Userscript

    Folders4Gmail is also part of the Better Gmail 2 extension from lifehacker.com

    For Opera 9

    1. To enable Userscripts, use Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Content > JavaScript options, and select the directory where you will put your Userscript files
    2. Right-click this link to the Folders4Gmail Userscript, and save the Userscript into that directory

    For Internet Explorer 7

    1. Install Turnabout Advanced from Reify Software
    2. Right-click this link to the Folders4Gmail Userscript and save it on your computer
    3. From the Reify Button in Internet Explorer select Options... and Install feature...
    4. Open the script file you saved before

Changelog

  • Version 1.36, 17. April 2007
    Fix for tiny changes to the Gmail code.
  • Version 1.34, 26. January 2007
    Fixed the script for small changes to the Gmail code. Added support for the Gmail Macros userscript.
  • Version 1.32, 26. November 2007
    Missing parent labels (for example Family in Family/Mum) are now created automatically. Like in Gmail IMAP.
  • Version 1.3, 11. November 2007
    Added support for the latest code changes in Gmail.
  • Version 1.24, 24. October 2007
    Support for both the official Gmail IMAP-folder separator Family/Mum and the old Folders4Gmail folder separator Family\Mum. Unread messages in sub-folders now add to the unread count in their parent-folders. Sub-folders with unread messages are no longer automatically expanded.
  • Version 1.14, 27. August 2007
    Use data URIs instead of links to images.
  • Version 1.1, 20. June 2007
    Now uses nicer images as expanders. Thanks to Zathman for the suggestion.