Closed Bug 213725 Opened 21 years ago Closed 16 years ago

Message Subject line should have Tooltip in the message view window and/or an option to wrap the subject for display

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(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, enhancement)

enhancement
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normal

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(Not tracked)

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 166892

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(Reporter: kochhar, Unassigned)

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624

Even with mildly long subjects, the Subject line in the message view pane or
separate message view window gets truncated, esp if there's an attachment pane
visible.  In the message list window, a tooltip flashes briefly for long
subjects.  However, in the message view window, there's no tooltip --- either a
tooltip should flash to show the complete subject, or the subject should wrap
for display (as in netscape 4.8, for example).  The problem is particularly
annoying when viewing messages in separate windows (not in the 3-pane display),
since it's hard to keep going back to the message list to find the message and
figure out what the full subject is by selecting it and holding the mouse for a
few seconds to get the tooltip.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Send yourself a message with a long enough subject that it truncates in the
message display window --- if necessary send an attachment so that the
attachment pane consumes some space.
2.
3.




Couldn't find this bug searching on 'subject tip', but bug 201617 talks about
tooltips for subject lines being too brief.
Attached image shows 2 images (top to bottom):
(1) Mozilla mail reader showing the subject being truncated (not wrapped) and
no way to get tooltip in a separate window
(2) Netscape 4.8 showing the same message --- notice how the subject wraps
nicely.
Wrapping of the subject line is probably the "right thing" in this case.  The
Summary is a bit misleading.  I can CONFIRM that this bug is still present in
1.7beta even though the original report was July of last year.
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
Assignee: sspitzer → mail
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Confirmed that this problem still exists in the latest mozilla I downloaded
today (1.7.12).
Confirm it still exists in bot 1.0.7 and 1.5 beta 1
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Severity: normal → enhancement
OS: Windows 2000 → All
Hardware: PC → All
dupe of bug 166892?
see also Thunderbird's bug 325661 and bug 413487
QA Contact: esther
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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