1670511 - Option to add more space between message text and folder list.

Status: NEW

(Thunderbird :: Message Reader UI, enhancement)

Description

[MarjaE]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:81.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/81.0

Steps to reproduce:

I've been having a lot of trouble reading my email.

Actual results:

View > Message Body As > Simple HTML helps some.

But the messages are still left-justified, with the left edge of the message text right next to the folder list. I often get migraines when scrolling and non-scrolling elements are jammed so close together.

Expected results:

An option to add more space there would help avoid migraines.

Something like Firefox's Reader View might also help more.

Comment 1

[MarjaE]

P.S. Vertical view has the same issue. Wide view jams the text against the Dock (with my Mac layout) or the edge of the screen) (with another layout) neither of which is much good. I hate aggressive left-justify.

Comment 2

[MarjaE]

As a user css solution:

/* Message Pane */
messagepane {margin-left: 160pt !important;}

Comment 3

[MarjaE]

"Wide Mode" avoids the migraines, but it still has trouble with the lopsided left-justified text.

Comment 4

[Elizabeth Mitchell]

Thank you for reporting this problem.

With the current Thunderbird (115+), there are different density options that affect the whole application. You can also open a message in its own tab to read the message without it being close to the folder list.

I'm closing this for now, but do let us know if this is still an issue.

Comment 5

[MarjaE]

I use the css, and don't know how this would work without it.

Comment 6

[Elizabeth Mitchell]

What version of Thunderbird are you currently using and on what type of operating system? Is the CSS solution enough of a fix or is more needed?

Comment 7

[MarjaE]

Thunderbird 115.2.0 on MacOS. I may migrate to Fedora + Cinnamon.

None of the density options affect the margin, so if I don't use my css, then I can't scroll messages without getting migraines. If I do use my css, I can; I reduced to to 60 pts but need some separation.

/* Message Pane */

#messagepane {margin-left: 60pt !important;}