Open Bug 1029283 Opened 10 years ago Updated 2 years ago

"Save message as" should have a way to change default file type (e.g. .txt extension instead of .eml)

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Message Reader UI, enhancement)

24 Branch
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: Heffner, Unassigned)

References

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/35.0.1916.153 Safari/537.36

Steps to reproduce:

Right click a  message, select "Save as...".


Actual results:

"Save Message As" dialog box defaults, for "Save as type:", to "All Files (*.*)".


Expected results:

I always save messages as "Text files"; it should be possible for me to set that as the dialog's default "Save as type:" selection, instead of having to drop it down and select that type every time.
Severity: normal → major
Severity: major → enhancement
Summary: "Save message as" has no way to change the default type → "Save message as" has no way to change the default file type
OS: Windows 7 → All
Hardware: x86_64 → All
Summary: "Save message as" has no way to change the default file type → "Save message as" should have a way to change default file type (e.g. .txt extension instead of .eml)
See Also: → 1710111

OK, "see also", but it isn't the same issue at all. 1710111 is a report of a clear bug -- "save as" is doing a "save" instead. My issue is that Tbird should provide the ability to set the default file type for "Save as", instead of me having to select it EVERY TIME I save an email -- that is VERY poor human engineering.

(In reply to Heffner from comment #1)

OK, "see also", but it isn't the same issue at all. 1710111 is a report of a clear bug

That's right. But if someone will work on one of them, it might be possible to fix both in one patch. "see also" simply links the bugs to make them easier to find.

-- "save as" is doing a "save" instead. My issue is that Tbird should provide the ability to set the default file type for "Save as", instead of me having to select it EVERY TIME I save an email -- that is VERY poor human engineering.

See Bug 1710111 comment 22

But if someone will work on one of them, it might be possible to fix both in
one patch.

Good point.

see also" simply links the bugs to make them easier to find.

Fair enough, that's a good idea, and thanks.

I posted a comment on 1710111 too.

Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
See Also: → 1607601
Severity: normal → S3
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