Add a refresh button / shortcut about mail HOT 6 CLOSED

We should probably hook up to the scrollbox overshoot signal and do a pull-to-refresh

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Mail automatically frequently polls the server and shows a spinner (at the bottom-left of the window which is not the best place, but that's a different issue) when doing so. I don't believe adding a refresh button wouldn't actually make it poll any more often.

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If you hook up the refresh button to the code doing the actual polling it should work.

If retrieval of mail is dependent on polling (instead of server push like with IMAP-IDLE) the user should be able control the polling by being able to configure the frequency of polling and by being able to manually trigger this.

Besides all major email clients having this feature there is a genuine use case. For instance when you signed up for a website and are waiting for the confirmation email.

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Adding configurable polling options is a separate issue with its own design considerations.

@tintou how will this work in the EDS rewrite? Can we know whether the account is push or poll based, and if it's poll-based, add a refresh action somehow?

@elementary/ux thoughts? :)

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From a pure UX perspective, I like this mockup. It's very clear with the loading spinner and the toast afterwards that lets you know the operating was completed successfully:

The use of the accent color here is really nice to look at:

iOS Mail used to also show information about when the last update was like so:

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Gonna close this since we added a refresh button

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