Cannot narrow Thunderbird message window sufficiently
Categories
(Thunderbird :: Message Reader UI, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
People
(Reporter: t20, Unassigned)
References
Details
(Whiteboard: [support])
Attachments
(2 files, 1 obsolete file)
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User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:82.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/82.0
Steps to reproduce:
Suddenly, in this new release (78.4.0 (32-bit)), it is no longer possible to narrow a window sufficiently:
- Pick an existing message.
- Right-click the Subject.
- Select menu item Open message in New Window.
Actual results:
The resulting message window cannot be narrowed as before to make the message easier to read for older eyes.
Expected results:
It used to be possible to narrow the window to (say) 5 words wide, for easy reading.
Note: the narrowing appears to be due to a misguided desire to keep the following buttons all visible:
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I would rather be able to read the message easily than to see all of these buttons at once, no question about it.
I will attach a screen shot showing the minimum width now allowed, which is not narrow enough.
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Comment 1•4 years ago
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Comment 2•4 years ago
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Comment 3•4 years ago
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Please delete the wrong image. It contains someone's private information!!!
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Updated•4 years ago
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Updated•4 years ago
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Comment 4•4 years ago
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David,
Here are two things you could do.
- Install the Message Header Toolbar Customize extension and modify the buttons in the header.
- Use the zoom function in the Menu bar using View > Zoom.
Item #2 saves you from installing an extension.
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Comment 5•4 years ago
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Thank you, but neither meets my needs. The first would make the buttons unusable when I'm not in narrow mode (message displayed in a separate window). The second makes the text too large to read easily. I need short lines of small text so my eyes don't have to scan left to right such a long distance to read fast.
So I would prefer that this new bug be fixed, and soon if possible.
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Comment 6•4 years ago
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Perhaps, if the problem is a button customization feature, providing an option so that the user can get the previous behavior, where a very narrow message window was actually achievable.
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Comment 7•4 years ago
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This is with the extension installed and configured for icons only.
That won't work for you?
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Comment 8•4 years ago
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Yes, I think that would meet my needs; it looks good. I've installed the addon, but there are no instructions. How do I minimize the tool buttons?
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Comment 9•4 years ago
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Ah, I see: it immediately minimized the icons. I can now narrow the message windows. Thank you.
This bug report can be closed.
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Updated•4 years ago
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Comment 10•4 years ago
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Thunderbird is again showing this problem in limiting the minimum width of the Message on the Index > Right mouse click > Open Message in New Window action. It did this because it forgot my setting of Open Message in New Window > icon row (right-click > Customize toolbar).
So the bug for the workaround is that Thunderbird sometimes switches from icons-only to text configuration, forgetting my selection of "icons".
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