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How to restore default appearance for Thunderbird?

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bingchuanjuzi
bingchuanjuzi

I just installed Thunderbird on Deepin Linux today. And I forgot which button I wrongly clicked. As a result, my thunderbird's appearance looks messy.

How to set it back to the default view without reinstall it?

I am looking forward to the answer.

I just installed Thunderbird on Deepin Linux today. And I forgot which button I wrongly clicked. As a result, my thunderbird's appearance looks messy. How to set it back to the default view without reinstall it? I am looking forward to the answer.
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Here is the way to set the card mode: click three-line icon on the top right choose view -> message list header click message display list options -> cards view(see attachment)

Thanks to david and wayne!

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david
david
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There is no default. Your screenshot is showing vertical layout. Describe what is missing for you to get suggestions or fixing this. Thank you.

Wayne Mery
Wayne Mery
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Perhaps consider https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/getting-started-thunderbird-main-window-supernova#w_classic-view-layout-with-table-view

bingchuanjuzi
bingchuanjuzi Question owner

david said
There is no default. Your screenshot is showing vertical layout. Describe what is missing for you to get suggestions or fixing this. Thank you.

I want to set the middle part of the interface(covered by red rectangle) to resemble the one in the screenshot.

bingchuanjuzi
bingchuanjuzi Question owner

Chosen Solution

Here is the way to set the card mode: click three-line icon on the top right choose view -> message list header click message display list options -> cards view(see attachment)

Thanks to david and wayne!

Wayne Mery
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Glad to help. Thanks for posting your results.