522588 - Buttons and headers overlay one another in third pane (message pane)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 520249

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect)

Description

[Michel]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090910 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Shiretoko/3.5.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; fr; rv:1.9.1.4pre) Gecko/20090915 Thunderbird/3.0b4

It looks like the message pane used is the same as the one used for displaying a message in a tab or window. But when displaying it in the three pane window, the pane is forciby more tight : the sender is justified on the left while the buttons are on he right, but when the pane is too narrow, the buttons either lie over the sender adress, or are pushed away on the right, beyond the window.

The message template is to be updated so that it reacts better to a narrow environment. For example, one could decide that buttons will the be on the top while the headers would fit under.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Activate three pane window
2.select a message
3.depending on the lenght of the sender's address and maybe other things, the buttons overlay the sender, or are sent out of the window


Expected Results:  
That the displayed headers and buttons stay visible all time, even if it's at the expense of taking more height, stolen on the content of the message.

Comment 1

[Michel]

Attachment: A sample of wrong display where buttons overlay the sender field

Comment 2

[Michel]

Attachment: A sample of wrong display where buttons are sent out of window