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Why is the 'Layout' grayed out

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Mapenzi replied 7 hours ago
Fred Crist
Fred Crist

View -- Layout The entire Layout box is grayed out. How to fix that?

View -- Layout The entire Layout box is grayed out. How to fix that?

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Mapenzi
Mapenzi
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Suluhisho teule

The View > Layout menu items in Thunderbird can only be enabled or disabled when the "Mail tab" is displayed (active). When you open messages or Calendar or Settings etc in a new tab the "Layout" is grayed out. As soon as you return in the mail tab the Layout items are available.

Uliza swali

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