Recipient field becomes huge and reduces writing area
I have recently upgraded to 102, and am not planning to go to 115 for a long time.
A major issue for me with 102 is when composing/writing emails. Now that all my recipients addresses go into the one field, as soon as there are more than 2-3 addresses the To: (or CC or BCC) box expands downwards, pushing everything else down. I often write to up to 20 people at once, and the box becomes huge, the subject line is at the bottom of the screen, and there is only a small space showing where the message can be written.
In previous versions, a long list of recipients scrolled up and down, and therefore kept a static size, and everything else stayed in their places.
How can I stop the To: box becoming enormous?
Using a mailmerge addon is not an option. I do use groups of addresses (in the address book) for some things, but not always, and it is not appropriate for many emails. My preference would be to find some hidden option that allows the box to scroll on 1-2 lines.
I can use chromecss, if the code is provided for me to copy (I don't understand the syntax in general to write my own). I did have a working file going when I upgraded, so it may have something in it that is causing problems, but I am not savvy enough to find it.
I have looked quite thoroughly, and can't find anyone else who has mentioned this as a problem. I find it the most annoying issue in the upgrade for me.
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It's working ok for me in 102.15.1 But, you mention you've got a 'userChrome.css' file which may be effecting Thunderbird. Also do you have any addon extensions - if yes what are they because your problem sounds like you have something interfering.
Suggest you start Thunderbird in TRoubleshoot Mode (used to be called Safe Mode) This mode will disable the 'userChrome.css' file and any addon extensions. In Thunderbird
- 'Help' > 'Troubleshoot Mode'
- Click on 'Restart'
- Click on 'Continue in TRoubleshoot Mode'
Then open the 'Write' window - add a load of email addresses in TO field and drag up that splitter as mentioned. Report on results.
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I presume all those people you are putting in the TO field do not object to you divulging their personal email address to all the other people you are emailing in the TO field.
re:How can I stop the To: box becoming enormous? Below the 'Subject' is the 'Formatting Toolbar' Then you see the composing area. Hover mouse cursor over the top edge of the composing area (or you could say it was the bottom edge of Formatting bar) and cursor should change to double arrow head icon - left click hold down and drag upwards. This means the 'TO' area gets compressed in size and forces a scroll bar to appear.
To answer your frst question, yes, usually it is extended family who all have each other's addresses anyway. But the issue exists when I am using CC or BCC boxes as well, so that is not relevant.
I tested the suggestion you have made, and I can get to the point of having the double arrow head icon, but clicking and dragging upwards does nothing. The line that is meant to move upwards stays in the same place, and the To (or CC or BCC) area stays enlarged. I had actually already tried that, as that was the solution in all the previous versions of TB, so it was the first place I went to try to fix it.
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It's working ok for me in 102.15.1 But, you mention you've got a 'userChrome.css' file which may be effecting Thunderbird. Also do you have any addon extensions - if yes what are they because your problem sounds like you have something interfering.
Suggest you start Thunderbird in TRoubleshoot Mode (used to be called Safe Mode) This mode will disable the 'userChrome.css' file and any addon extensions. In Thunderbird
- 'Help' > 'Troubleshoot Mode'
- Click on 'Restart'
- Click on 'Continue in TRoubleshoot Mode'
Then open the 'Write' window - add a load of email addresses in TO field and drag up that splitter as mentioned. Report on results.
Thank you for persisting. With your help I have solved it.
In troubleshoot mode, the address box worked as it does for you (as it should, I suppose). Yet, none of the Addons seemed to make a difference, so I turned to the Userchrome. After much disabling and enabling, I had a result with the following code:
/* 12. Whole Header Box with From & To Subject Cc etc. b-ground & text */
- MsgHeadersToolbar {
height: min-content !important; padding-block: 0px !important;
}
(adding it here for the benefit of anyone else looking at the same problem).
This came from a long thread on a site called ElevenForum, of which this was only a minor code amongst a set of about twelve to make the Write box in TB work more like it previously did, and I just added the whole lot together. When I used it, that part of the code was originally to change the background colour of the To box and the text to white. I didn't like that look, so I had deleted the background color and text color lines, leaving what is above.
After testing now, that residual code makes no difference to the appearance, but it does stop the double arrow line working properly, so I have just got rid of it. Therefore, problem solved!
I will mark your response as the solution, as it set me on the right track and hopefully anybody else who needs this information will read it all.
Extra: I have noticed that after posting, the code has changed slightly. The 1 before Msgheaderstoolbar should be a #.