Closed Bug 260383 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

Feature: open attachment from compose window

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, enhancement)

enhancement
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 262886

People

(Reporter: detlef.bieritz, Assigned: mscott)

References

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; de-DE; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.9.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; de-DE; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.9.3

create new mail: attached files (ex.:test.pdf) does not open if doubleclicked or
right-click/open. Adobe Reader 5.1 / Adobe Writer are installed.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. create new mail
2. attach a file
3. try to open (doubleclick or rightclick/open  -> norhing
4. save to drafts
5. try to open (doubleclick or rightclick/open  -> norhing


Actual Results:  
attached files doesn't open

Expected Results:  
open the pdf's
Acrobat Reader 5.1 new installation: no change (attachment doesn't open)
Summary: create new mail: attached files (ex.:test.pdf) does not open if doubleclicked or ricght-click/open → create new mail: attached files (ex.:test.pdf) does not open if doubleclicked or right-click/open
What are you setting in Thunderbird under  Tools|Options|Attachments  for PDF 
files?  If you have no entry for PDFs, you should be getting a box that asks you 
what to do with the file.  

However, if you've already specified "Save to disk," and you've also specified a 
folder where all downloads should go, *and* have cleared the checkbox on the 
download dialog to "Keep this dialog open after download complete" -- then 
double-clicking the attachment results in a silent save-to-disk.
(In reply to comment #2)
> What are you setting in Thunderbird under  Tools|Options|Attachments  for PDF 
> files?  If you have no entry for PDFs, you should be getting a box that asks you 
> what to do with the file.  

there's no entry.
no box asks anything.
how can i initiate it?
(In reply to comment #3)
> there's no entry.
> no box asks anything.
> how can i initiate it?

It should be initiated by double-clicking the attachment.

You didn't specify which version of TB you're using.  I get the "How should this 
file be handled?" prompt in TB 0.7.  I won't be able to test 0.8 for another 
week.
> You didn't specify which version of TB you're using.  I get the "How should this 
> file be handled?" prompt in TB 0.7.  I won't be able to test 0.8 for another 
> week.

sorry!
tb 0.8
> You didn't specify which version of TB you're using.  I get the "How should this 
> file be handled?" prompt in TB 0.7.  I won't be able to test 0.8 for another 
> week.

sorry!
tb 0.8
Oh, I see my mistake.  You're attempting to open from the Compose window.
This isn't a bug, it's a feature request.

Seamonkey bug 182121.
Severity: normal → enhancement
OS: Windows 2000 → All
Hardware: PC → All
Summary: create new mail: attached files (ex.:test.pdf) does not open if doubleclicked or right-click/open → Feature: open attachment from compose window
*** Bug 261065 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 266689 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Bug 239658 was patched to implement this feature, apparently for TB 0.6.
Then the dupe was opened because it stopped working; but it's working fine in 
TB 0.9.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 262886 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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