Secondary selection highlighting of e-mail item listing

1. A method for generating, using a computing device, an e-mail message listing for use within a graphical user interface of an e-mail application, the method comprising:

receiving an input from an input device to select a first e-mail message of the e-mail message listing;

applying a first selection highlighting to the first e-mail message, wherein the applied first selection highlighting is visually distinguishable from a background color of the e-mail message listing;

identifying a second e-mail message of the e-mail message listing based on a relation of the second e-mail message and the first e-mail message; and

applying a second selection highlighting to the second e-mail message, wherein the applied second selection highlighting is visually distinguishable from the first selection highlighting and the background color.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first e-mail message is associated with a first attribute and the method further comprises:

applying a first color coding to the first e-mail message based on a value of the first attribute.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein applying the first selection highlighting to the first e-mail message comprises:

changing a color of the applied first color coding, wherein the changed color is visually distinguishable from a color of the first selection highlighting.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the second e-mail message is associated with a second attribute and the method further comprises:

applying a second color coding to the second e-mail message based on a value of the second attribute; and

wherein applying the second selection highlighting to the second e-mail message does not include changing a color of the applied second color coding.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein applying the first color coding includes changing a background color of at least one field of the first e-mail message.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein applying the first color coding includes changing a text color of at least one field of the first e-mail message.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the relation indicates that the first e-mail message and the second e-mail message are included in a same conversation thread.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein:

the applying the first selection highlighting includes changing a background color of at least part of the first e-mail message to a first selection color, and

the applying the second selection highlighting includes changing a background color of at least part of the second e-mail message to a second selection color.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second selection color is determined based on the first selection color.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the second selection color is a lighter color than the first selection color and the second selection color visually complements the first selection color.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

applying the second selection highlighting to each visible e-mail message of the e-mail message listing that is associated with the same conversation thread as the first e-mail message, wherein the each visible e-mail message does not include the first e-mail message.

12. A method for rendering an e-mail message listing for use within a graphical user interface of an e-mail application executed by a computing device, the method comprising:

receiving an input from an input device to select a first e-mail message of the e-mail message listing;

applying a first selection highlighting to the first e-mail message by changing a background color of the first e-mail message to a first selection highlighting color, wherein the applied first selection highlighting is visually distinguishable from a background color of the e-mail message listing;

identifying a plurality of related e-mail messages of the e-mail message listing based on a common attribute of the first e-mail message and each of the plurality of related e-mail items; and

applying a second selection highlighting to the plurality of related e-mail items by changing a background color of the plurality of related e-mail items to a second selection highlighting color, wherein

the applied second selection highlighting is visually distinguishable from the first selection highlighting and the background color, and

the second selection highlighting color is a lighter color than the first selection highlighting color.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first e-mail message is associated with a first attribute and the method further comprises:

applying a first color coding to the first e-mail message based on a value of the first attribute, wherein applying the first color coding includes changing a text color of at least one field of the first e-mail message.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein applying the first selection highlighting to the first e-mail message comprises:

changing a color of the applied first color coding, wherein the changed color is visually distinguishable from a color of the first selection highlighting.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein applying the first selection highlighting to the first e-mail message is performed in response to receiving the input.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein applying the first selection highlighting to the first e-mail message includes applying the first selection highlighting such that the first selection highlighting is visually distinguishable from all other e-mail messages from the e-mail message listing.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first e-mail message includes a plurality of fields, and wherein applying the first selection highlighting to the first e-mail message includes changing a background color of at least one field from the plurality of fields.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the first selection highlighting to the first e-mail message is performed in response to receiving the input.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the first selection highlighting to the first e-mail message includes applying the first selection highlighting such that the first selection highlighting is visually distinguishable from all other e-mail messages from the e-mail message listing.

20. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first e-mail message includes a plurality of fields, and wherein applying the first selection highlighting to the first e-mail message includes changing a background color of at least one field from the plurality of fields.