265164 - Cannot select newsgroup names when composing, also no autocomplete

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 61491

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, enhancement)

Description

[Andrew Taubman]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10
Build Identifier: Thunderbird version 0.8 (20040913)

When writing a newsgroup post there is no way of browsing the news groups you
are subscribed to to pick a name. Clicking on the little icon to the left of
where the NG name goes does nothing. Nor is there any autocomplete function if
you happen to know the name; you have to type in the full text string such as
"novell.support.netware.5x.administration-tools".



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
Startup TB. Click on, say, Local Folders in the left pane. Click on Write. In
the Compose screen change TO: to NEWSGROUP: . The same occurs if you want to add
a second NG name to a post you are making to an existing one, or change the NG
name in a post you are composing.

There is no way of filling out this field other than manually typing in the
whole string.
Actual Results:  
You have to manually type in the entire text string such as
"novell.support.netware.5x.administration-tools"

Expected Results:  
I expect to be able to browse the subscribed NGs, and have autcomplete work
using them as an alternative.

I guess this might count as an Enhancement request, except the little icon to
theleft of where the NG name goes does nothing. Presumably it is there for a
purpose, so it's either a bug or an intended feature not yet implemented. I can
only say it's a pain in the neck!

BTW, OE allows you to browse the newsgroups you are currently subscribed to and
pick one.

Comment 1

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Autocomplete for newsgroup names (while composing) is bug 61491.

It's true the little icon is not useful, for newsgroups or any other headers.

Comment 2

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

(In reply to comment #1)
> It's true the little icon is not useful, for newsgroups or any other headers.

Bug 244213 is about using that icon to open an address book.

Comment 3

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 61491 ***

Comment 4

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

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