1770852 - Horizontal layout in address book list no longer allows adjusting column width

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Thunderbird :: Address Book, enhancement)

Description

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

Attachment: Screenshot 1: AB column width not adjustable for better view (TB window width reduced to half-screen)

STR

• Change the list order, switch to horizontal layout
• Try to adjust column width manually to see more of a certain column

Actual:

• adjusting column width manually not possible (but it was possible in TB 91)
• instead of quick data view on the list, user has no choice but to select the contact and see full data in the contact preview

Expected

• adjusting column width manually should be possible (as in TB 91)
• especially important for small monitors or with TB width reduced to half-screen

For bonus points

• provide a per-column fit-to-content (on dbl-click of right column border in column header)
• provide a return to auto-fit for the whole table

Comment 1

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

This also relates to:
Bug 1713876 - New address book tree widths are fixed, makes AB feel bulky and editing contacts unnecessarily hard for smaller windows

Comment 2

[Geoff Lankow (:darktrojan)]

There is no intention to fix this before 102.

Comment 5

[Alessandro Castellani [:aleca]]

Attachment: Bug 1770852 - Implement resizable treelistbox table columns. r=darktrojan

Comment 6

[Alessandro Castellani [:aleca]]

Attachment: Bug 1770852 - Fix the default tree list view. r=darktrojan

Depends on D160596

Comment 7

[Alessandro Castellani [:aleca]]

Attachment: Bug 1770852 - Re-implement placeholders and fix tests for the tree list view. r=darktrojan

Depends on D163279

Comment 8

[Alessandro Castellani [:aleca]]

Greenest try-run ever: https://treeherder.mozilla.org/jobs?repo=try-comm-central&revision=6ccecac73089d6bd0bfbd90881635a816cb3bbbe

Comment 9

[Alessandro Castellani [:aleca]]

This is a drastic rebuild of the tree list widget, so even tho 102 is affected by this UX regression, we should not uplift it.

Comment 10

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/bb4e523a2f00
Implement resizable treelistbox table columns. r=darktrojan
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/69d841144801
Fix the default tree list view. r=darktrojan
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/1608c2b2d976
Re-implement placeholders and fix tests for the tree list view. r=darktrojan