1865057 - Cards View: Allow an option for 2 rows versus 3 rows

Status: NEW

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, enhancement)

Description

[Richard Leger]

As discussed in Bug 1861758 it may be quite appropriate to allow an option for switching between 2-rows and 3-rows Card View.
Such option should be added directly into the Message List Options Menu (Bug 1865058).

Comment 1

[Elizabeth Mitchell]

This would need visual design as well as design and architecture discussions.

Would this be for specific cases (when the card is a specific width)? Or would this be a setting the user selects?

Comment 2

[Richard Leger]

(In reply to Elizabeth Mitchell from comment #1)

This would need visual design as well as design and architecture discussions.

Would this be for specific cases (when the card is a specific width)? Or would this be a setting the user selects?

I think the end-user shall be able to select manually.

The simplest may be to modify the Message List Options menu to choose between:

• Table View
• Card View 2-Rows
• Card View 3-Rows

For the Card view I would suggest to move subject on 1st row and recipient/sender on the second (aligned legt)
this way you would have more space for icons (aligned right) on the 2nd row.

If a user choose Card View 3-rows but end-up with a small width column or small height (e.g Wide Layout) maybe something shall happen automaticslly to allow perinent data to remain on screen... either temporarilly switch to 2-rows or to adjust content somehow (troncated?)
You may need to play a bit with the design to see what would work best.

Comment 3

[Nicolas Mandil (:NicolasWeb)]

I don't want to mess up things (due to the tone of the quoted bug), so adding it as a comment
Bug 1911402 could be a DUP of this one, considering padding and compact mode