837516 - HTML signature appears on one line across composition window

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 488469

(MailNews Core :: Account Manager, defect)

Description

[Edward]

When the HTML box for a signature in e-mail is checked and the signature has multiple lines, all of the information is displayed in one row going across.  

Un-checking this box, will cause a multiple-line signature to correctly appear.


With HTML box unchecked, signature appears as typed in the Account Settings window, on multiple lines:

Name e-mail address
Company Name
http://web.address.here/


With HTML box checked, signature then appears all on one line, as:

Name e-mail address Company Name http://web.address.here/


With the HTML box checked, a multiple-line signature should appear as it was originally typed in the Account Settings window.  Not sure if this should be under MailNews: Account Configuration, or MailNews: Composition, as I'm not sure exactly where the bug resides.  

Behavior observed with Linux and Windows releases of SeaMonkey.

Comment 1

[Edward]

Changing to MailNews Core, as this is also observed with Thunderbird.

Comment 2

[rsx11m]

That's expected, line breaks in HTML /code/ are to be ignored. For an explicit line break to be /displayed/, add <br> at the end of the lines, and it should work.

Note that "Use HTML" doesn't switch the signature box from plain-text to HTML mode, it only implies that the text entered is to be interpreted as HTML code in order to allow some basic formatting of the signature.

Converting the text box to an HTML-capable WYSIWYG editor box is bug 488469.

Comment 3

[rsx11m]

Edward, did comment #2 resolve the issue for you?

Comment 4

[Edward]

For the multi-line signature, yes.

The /expected/ behavior would be bug 488469.

Comment 5

[rsx11m]

Ok, I'm thus marking your bug as a duplicate of the other one. A "true" HTML editor would certainly add <br> tags when you enter explicit line breaks, to this would solve that issue.