280487 - scrollbar disappeared after reducing the mail window's width

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 55368

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Boying Lu]

Reproduce steps:
1. launch thunderbird
2. select a mail folder (e.g. Inbox) to make sure there are enough mails in the
thread panel so a scrollbar appears on the right
3. reduce the window's length to 1/4 of the original 

The scrollbar disappears after reducing the window's width.

Browser window has no such problem.

Comment 1

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

(In reply to comment #0)
> 3. reduce the window's length to 1/4 of the original 

You mean "width" and not "length" here, I believe.

There is a minimum width applied to the panes.  You'll notice as the width is 
decreased, the columns shrink -- but at the point where the scrollbar starts to 
get hidden, the column widths stop reducing.

It would be nice if a horizontal scrollbar came on when the window got too 
narrow for the pane's minimum width.

See the related, similar bug 41994, bug 247833.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 55368 ***