97477 - Attach button in mail composition window should support attaching web pages.

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, enhancement)

Description

[Bill Sheppard]

Build 2001080110, Win98SE.

In NS4.x pressing the "attach" button allows choosing between attaching a file
and attaching a webpage.  I believe Mozilla should mimic this behavior.  Perhaps
a quick press and release would default to attaching a file, while press and
hold would bring up a menu to also allow attaching a web page.

In addition, right-clicking on the attachment pane could also allow selecting
either option.

Comment 1

[G. Todd]

Confirming reporter's behaviour for linux 2001082908 compared with unix mail
composer from 4.7* series.  The menu is likely the desired behaviour.

Comment 2

[Chase Tingley]

marking new

Comment 3

[scottputterman]

reassigning to varada

Comment 4

[Jo Hermans]

It's not in the UI-specifications at
http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/specs/compose/#Attachments . There's however a
menu (under File) that does the same thing, just not a context menu.

Comment 5

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

taking all of varada's bugs.

Comment 6

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

(In reply to comment #4)
> There's however a
> menu (under File) that does the same thing, just not a context menu.

Actually, it's in the context menu on the attachment pane, now (i.e. Moz 1.6, if 
not earlier).

Bill Shepard, is the current UI sufficient for you?  If so, please mark this bug 
  Resolved|WorksForMe.

Comment 7

[Bill Sheppard]

This is an improvement, but in my experience beginning users don't use the
context menu.  I still believe the Attach button should mimic other buttons
which present several options, and offer to attach either a file or a web page.

Comment 8

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Well, the Attach toolbar button has a dropdown menu with Web Page as one of the 
available choices.  It's not reasonable to ask for a menu to pop up with a 
single left-click on a toolbar button; those buttons are designed to perform a 
specific, default function on a single click; this button's default function is 
Attach File, which is by far the most common attachment requested.

Comment 9

[Bill Sheppard]

Oh, my theme didn't show that.  Changing to default theme brought up the small
arrow on the Attach button, I'm happy with that.  Changing to Worksforme.