WHY CAN'T I JUST CLOSE 1 EMAIL INSTEAD OF CLOSING THE E MAIL AND THE WHOLE PROGRAM?
OK! I HAVE AN E-MAIL OPEN. I HAVE READ IT AND I WANT TO CLOSE IT. I LEFT CLICK ON THE X OF THE E MAIL. NOT ONLY DOES THE E-MAIL CLOSE, BUT THE WHOLE THUNDERBIRD PROGRAM CLOSES TOO. ALL I WANT IS JUST TO CLOSE THE E MAIL -- NOTHING ELSE. HOW DO I DO THAT?
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Hello Squeaky, could I ask you what view you have Thunderbird in, is it 'classsic view' or one of the others? There are three of them. Go into View then Layout. Regards
I AM IN CLASSIC VIEW.
Do you open messages in the "preview" pane, i.e. below the Inbox, or in their own window/tab by double clicking them?
If in a tab, how many of these X's do you see? You might be clicking the wrong one.
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I OPEN THEM BY DOUBLE CLICKING ON THEM AND CLOSE THEM BY HITTING THE X.
"The X"? Well, using the method you describe, I see one X per message, plus one to close Thunderbird itself.
Look at the picture attached to my post. The "close tab" balloon indicates the correct X to close the active message tab.
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SORRY I DON'T SEE A PICTURE! YES, I CLICK ON THE X TO CLOSE THE E MAIL. IT SHOULDN'T HOWEVER CLOSE THE E MAIL AND THUNDERBIRD SIMULTANEOUSLY -- JUST THE OPEN E MAIL.
Sigh. There is a picture in my posting of 4:24 PM earlier today. You needed to click on it to open it to full size.
https://support.cdn.mozilla.net/media/uploads/images/2015-03-16-09-24-01-f851bd.png
WHEN I DOUBLE CLICK ON AN E MAIL IT AUTOMATICALLY OPEN FULL SIZE THE X IS IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER. NOT IN THE MIDDLE LIKE YOU SHOW IT.
And when I click on that top-right X, it closes just the message window and leaves Thunderbird running. I can't tell what you're doing differently.
You could close a message window with the Escape key, usually at top left of your keyboard. Or ctrl+w, or alt+F4. But the X ought to work too. Or you could set it to open in a tab, with its own close button as in my picture (but tabs have also confused a lot of people who go for the X at top right and so close the program.)
Or you could do as I do and read your messages in the bottom pane. But I'm guessing from your choice of block capitals that you have eyesight issues and need things as big as possible.
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I DON'T THINK THERE IS AN ANSWER TO THIS. THANKS FOR TRYING!
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