it isn't really an edit box; it's just a box that shows content. To edit, you would need to click the edit button. The screen you see will show for whatever email address you highlight.

I understand you simply want an easy way to dismiss the view of a selected contact thus revealing full list rather than selecting another address book and then reselecting original address book.

I created a request for enhancement https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1844944

This is already available in the column view. My interpretation from the post is that the user is using table view. the column view shows full list.

OK, David, it's not an Edit box, just a Contact view. And yes, I'm using the Table view.

Todd-Hall understood my point! I just want to be able to dismiss the detailed Contact view straight away. An X or Close in the top right of the Contact view would solve the issue.

jawnobre,

It's a good point, and I'm glad Toad-Hall has acted on it. I've been annoyed, too, by the lack of an easy one-click way to get out of the contact details and back into my address list.

david does have a valid point. If you are using 'Table' / 'vertical' layout then the location of the display of the selected contact data depends upon the width of the window. If window is wide enough then the contact details are displayed on the right, so the list remains fully visible as a list in the center view. So you do not need to remove it. Otherwise, if window is not wide enought, it is displayed below the list thus foreshortening it.

If you are using horizontal view then selected contact data is displayed below the list.