268012 - Missing "Option -> Format" entry in compose window when "compose mail in HTML format" is not selected

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Nicola Ferralis]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1 -Thunderbird version 0.9 (20041103)

The bug occurs if the "compose mail in HTML format" checkbox is selected in the
composing and addressing tab of the Account setting panel is not checked (that
is if you want to compose an email in plain text). In this case in the compose
window, the "Option->Format" entry in the menu is missing. The same is present
instead if the "compose mail in HTML format" is enabled. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make sure the "compose mail in HTML format" checkbox is NOT checked (in the
"account settings" under "composing and addressing" 
2. Open a new compose message window
3. Click in the menu: Option

Actual Results:  
The entry Format->Auto-detect/Plain Text/RichText (HTML only)/Plain and
Rich(HTML) text is missing.

Expected Results:  
In the Option Menu there should be the entry Format->Auto-detect...

Comment 1

[David :Bienvenu]

*** Bug 268013 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[David :Bienvenu]

*** Bug 268014 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

This is not a bug.  The menu you are describing only applies to mail that is 
being composed in HTML; if you are composing as plain text, that menu has no 
meaning.  The option set by that menu controls how an HTML-composed message is 
handled.

If what you really want is a means to switch to HTML composition after starting 
plain-text composition, that's bug 140800.