Width of Drop Down Folder menu

[Bob Henson]

Has anyone found out how to make the new drop down folder menu in v2.0 a
bit wider (or I suppose the newsgroup names a bit shorter) yet? I can't
see anything obvious in about:config so I guess it might be a chrome thing?

Regards,

Bob

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[Nir]

Bob Henson wrote:
> or I suppose the newsgroup names a bit shorter

set 'mail.server.default.abbreviate' to 'true'
restart TB

[Bob Henson]

Nir wrote

That's near enough - thanks!

[EE]

You can also drag the margin between the two sections to widen that area.

[Bob Henson]

EE wrote

First thing I tried - it doesn't work here.

[Ron Hunter]

Or, if you wish to reclaim that whole area, and are using TB2, you can
eliminate the whole pane and get the information in a listbox on the
toolbar by customizing, and dragging the location box onto a toolbar.
Saves a LOT of screen real estate!

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[Klaas Visser]

On 20-Apr-07, at 17:37:21 (+1000 UTC), *Ron Hunter* posted:

I think Bob is already using that feature, which is why the title of the
thread says *Drop Down Folder menu*, and he's looking at making the box
wider, so that it's easier to read - something I'd like to do myself.

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[Nir]

It doesn't work in TB-3a1 , may work in TB-2.0

#locationFolders {
width: XXem !important;
}

replace XX by proper value and put the code in userChrome.css file [ TB
profile folder > chrome folder > userChrome.css ]

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[Nir]

Nir wrote:
> Nir wrote:
>> Bob Henson wrote:
>>> or I suppose the newsgroup names a bit shorter
>> set 'mail.server.default.abbreviate' to 'true' restart TB
>>
>
> It doesn't work in TB-3a1 , may work in TB-2.0
>
> #locationFolders {
> width: XXem !important;
> }
>
> replace XX by proper value and put the code in userChrome.css file [ TB
> profile folder > chrome folder > userChrome.css ]
>
>

I have found this code works fine in Tb-2.0

#locationFolders {
min-width: 25em !important;
}

[The Real Bev]

Ron Hunter wrote:

Waitwaitwait! Does this mean that the list of mail/news accounts/groups can
be a dropdown AND that perhaps the entire TB window can be split into the
message list on one side and the message itself on the other (rather than
one on the top, one on the bottom)? I'd LOVE that! Reason itself to switch...

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[Miles]

FYI, you showed me that the other day and 15em was sufficient to read the
folder, including full truncated NG names plus the number of open msgs.
But the drop down is of little value for me since I have extensive kept
mail folders and can't see even close to the bottom -- unless someone
has a method to close the kept mail folders in the drop down??
Miles

[Ron K.]

On 4/23/2007 12:58 AM, Tbird Leader Miles radioed the tower to announce :

Have you tried the trick of adding {overflow:auto !important; } to
that. May get the list to scoll up to read the bottom.

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[Bob Henson]

The Real Bev wrote

>>>> or I suppose the newsgroup names a bit shorter
>>> set 'mail.server.default.abbreviate' to 'true'
>>> restart TB
>>>
>> Or, if you wish to reclaim that whole area, and are using TB2, you can
>> eliminate the whole pane and get the information in a listbox on the
>> toolbar by customizing, and dragging the location box onto a toolbar.
>> Saves a LOT of screen real estate!
>
> Waitwaitwait! Does this mean that the list of mail/news accounts/groups can
> be a dropdown AND that perhaps the entire TB window can be split into the
> message list on one side and the message itself on the other (rather than
> one on the top, one on the bottom)? I'd LOVE that! Reason itself to switch...

It does - for the first time, I find Thunderbird usable without the
Stacked View Extension. Drag the drop down box up onto the toolbar, use
the "Vertical View" layout and drag the left hand panel until it
disappears altogether and Robert is your Avuncular Relative ! It's the
best bit about v 2.0. Actually, it's the only new bit that I find
useful. Now if I can get Baspage to work again, my cup will definitely
runneth over.

[Brian Heinrich]

On 2007-04-22 22:10 (-0600 UTC), The Real Bev wrote:

> Ron Hunter wrote:
>
>> Nir wrote:
>>> Bob Henson wrote:
>>>> or I suppose the newsgroup names a bit shorter
>>> set 'mail.server.default.abbreviate' to 'true'
>>> restart TB
>>
>> Or, if you wish to reclaim that whole area, and are using TB2, you can
>> eliminate the whole pane and get the information in a listbox on the
>> toolbar by customizing, and dragging the location box onto a toolbar.
>> Saves a LOT of screen real estate!
>
> Waitwaitwait! Does this mean that the list of mail/news accounts/groups
> can be a dropdown AND that perhaps the entire TB window can be split
> into the message list on one side and the message itself on the other
> (rather than one on the top, one on the bottom)? I'd LOVE that! Reason
> itself to switch...

Should be doable, but I'm not sure you can just make the folderlist go 'way.
. . .

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[Bob Henson]

Brian Heinrich wrote

It doesn't go away, it just doesn't show at all. When you have dragged
it until the list is only about 3cm wide (17" monitor) it suddenly pops
out of sight completely. If you grip the extreme left edge of the new
two panel screen as though to pull it out again, it automagically pops
out again to about 3cm, and then can be dragged wider (but who would
want to). That's here anyway, so I guess it would work anywhere else too.

[squaredancer]

On 23/04/2007 21:14, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Bob Henson to
generate the following:? :

hmmmm, Bob..... are you *ABSOLUTLY SURE* that that isn't what I've been
using ever since I got TB ????

reg

[Bob Henson]

squaredancer wrote

That's possible, but I've never tried it before because it would have
been pointless without the drop down menu.

[squaredancer]

On 24/04/2007 08:08, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Bob Henson to

I don't understand the reasoning in that??? I open the sidebar with ONE
mousemove.... you open a dropdown mwnu with ONE mouseclick???

reg

[Ron Hunter]

I also find it the best feature of TB2, but unlike you, I use the WHOLE
window for message list, and double-click messages I want to read. To
continue with a thread, I have put 'next' on the toolbar for the message
read window. That way I have as large a message window as I want.
Those with larger screens, like the new widescreen 21" LCD displays
might not need another window.

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[Ron Hunter]

Yes, you CAN! Wonderful!

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[Ron Hunter]

Yes. Just added with TB2.
It was on the old Netscape 4 series, however.

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[Ron Hunter]

Yes, as to the dragging the folder pane to the left, not to the location
listbox which was added in TB2. If you have a theme like Skypilot,
there is even a 'grippy' that allows convenient toggling of the folder
pane with one click.

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[Ron Hunter]

Ahhh, but I don't have to do another action to get rid of the folder
pane when I have selected the next group.

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[squaredancer]

On 24/04/2007 11:00, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Ron Hunter to

ahhhhhhhhhh! neither do I :-P there is a config-setting someplace,
that I set yonks-and-yonks ago that automagically goes to the next group
on clicking the "Next" button!

reg

[Miles]

* Ron K. wrote:

>> FYI, you showed me that the other day and 15em was sufficient to read the
>> folder, including full truncated NG names plus the number of open msgs.
>> But the drop down is of little value for me since I have extensive
>> kept mail folders and can't see even close to the bottom -- unless
>> someone has a method to close the kept mail folders in the drop down??
>> Miles
>>
> Have you tried the trick of adding {overflow:auto !important; } to
> that. May get the list to scoll up to read the bottom.
>

Already have the vertical scroll bar in the drop down. Simply
attempting to make all visible on screen without scrolling.

[Bob Henson]

squaredancer wrote

Yes. Then I select the group - but you have to do that from a sidebar too.

[Ron Hunter]

I guess that is ok if you always read the groups in order, which I
don't. Also, I have experienced a bit of a bug with that as the message
list doesn't change to the new group. That may be fixed, as I haven't
tried going to the next group that way in eons.

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