my email messages are listed but I can't see any of the body of the message unless I click on each email listed so it opens in its own window
it was working a minute ago. I must have inadvertently clicked something so all I see are the headers... Mac, Catalina.
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Here is a list of Thunderbird shortcuts. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts As for was Apple hardcoded into the F keys you can Google MAC function keys.
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Did you turn the Message Pane off? F8 is the shortcut to toggle it on and off. At least for Windows. I think it is the same for MAC.
No it opened my music. where would the message pane be?
Ah! But you said the magic word "Message Pane" I found it under View: Layout: Message Pane.. I don't know how I turned it off; I didnt know it was there. Thunderbird works in mysterious way. Thank you
My guess is you pressed F8. Like I said, that is the shortcut to toggle it on and off.
Music? Where did that come from?
I have no idea but F8 open up my music . A shortcut from the beginning of time is all I can guess.
For my info on a MAC, when you go to View-Layout-Message Pane does it list a shortcut for this option.
On Windows it looks like this... Message Pane (F8)
After doing so reading on MAC function keys, in order to us the F keys as intended you have to hold the FN key and then press the F key.
It seems like Apple uses the F Keys for other purposes when they are pressed by themselves.
I had no idea what the FN key was for...And yes, when I hold it down and hit F8, the message pane comes and goes. So do you know where it would tell me what the other ones do? Because I tried using FN and hitting the other F keys but don't see what it is doing.
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Here is a list of Thunderbird shortcuts. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts As for was Apple hardcoded into the F keys you can Google MAC function keys.
thanks Truman..something to play with while social isolating here in alaska