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What happened to the 'unread only' button on the toolbar?

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jltate3
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The 'unread' button disappeared on the Inbox toolbar. I can sort by read status, but up until this weekend there was a button that allowed viewing ONLY the unread emails. I used this constantly and was one reason I used Tbird over the other email clients out there.

Can we get it back? It used to exist right next to the attachment button. See highlighted area on the attached screenprint.

The 'unread' button disappeared on the Inbox toolbar. I can sort by read status, but up until this weekend there was a button that allowed viewing ONLY the unread emails. I used this constantly and was one reason I used Tbird over the other email clients out there. Can we get it back? It used to exist right next to the attachment button. See highlighted area on the attached screenprint.
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The Unread button is on the Quick Filter Bar (Ctrl+Shift+K) or under View/Toolbars.

Your picture shows the bar, icons only, but if the Unread icon is missing, test for a broken layout by running in safe mode (hold Shift when launching TB).

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The Unread button is on the Quick Filter Bar (Ctrl+Shift+K) or under View/Toolbars.

Your picture shows the bar, icons only, but if the Unread icon is missing, test for a broken layout by running in safe mode (hold Shift when launching TB).

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jltate3
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Thank you and DUH! I hadn't noticed the Quick Filter bar was closed/missing.