Open Bug 107392 Opened 23 years ago Updated 2 years ago

[RFE] open and compose messages in the same window as the inbox list

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Composition, enhancement)

Product:
MailNews Core
Component:
Composition
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Milestone:
Future

People

(Reporter: jwright, Unassigned)

References

Details

I've noticed this is the behavior used by many e-mail clients:  when I
double-click a message in the inbox, it gets opened in a new window.  Similarly,
when I compose a new message, the composer comes up in a new window.  I find my
system too cluttered when a new window opens for each message.

I'd really like a feature wherein the message (to read or to compose) opens in
the same window as the inbox list, replacing the inbox list (or whatever list is
open), so that I really only ever see one window. Then, when I'm done reading or
writing, I either close or send that message, and return to the previous view. 

Eudora follows this model and I really like it; it seems very clean. It would be
cool to have a checkbox in preferences allow this behavior.
this is RFE.
Summary: open and compose messages in the same window as the inbox list → [RFE] open and compose messages in the same window as the inbox list
Status: UNCONFIRMED → ASSIGNED
Ever confirmed: true
Target Milestone: --- → Future
*** Bug 157048 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Product: MailNews → Core
Assignee: ducarroz → nobody
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
QA Contact: sheelar → composition
Product: Core → MailNews Core
Severity: normal → S3
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