Add buttons to Thunderbird (Watch, Ignore, Read, Unread)

[Sea Star]

Does Thunderbird have any extensions that add these buttons?

- Watch message
- Ignore message
- Flag message

- Mark as read
- Mark as unread
- Mark thread as read
- Mark all as read

nntpthreads 0.0.3

This extension adds buttons for different views (All, Threads with
Unread, Watched Threads with Unread, Ignored Threads), but it does not
provide buttons to actually Watch or Ignore a message. To Watch or
Ignore a message, you have to go to the Message menu and select Watch
Thread or Ignore Thread. The nntpthreads extension does have a neat
feature that lets you change the text color for the first message in a
thread you want to watch. It does not have this feature for ignore.

[Herb]

You don't *have* to go to the Message menu - you can use keyboard shortcuts.

--
Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk

[Sea Star]

Herb sent a subspace message on 2/24/2006 2:25 AM:

Yes, but it would be easier for me to have buttons. I can't remember
shortcut keys.

[Herb]

I know the feeling :-(

--
Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk

[Melchert Fruitema]

On 24-02-2006 11:16 CET, Sea Star composed this enchanting statement:

Try option customize on the view menu, toolbars options: mark messages icon.

This then leaves two key commands to remember: watch and ignore
message/thread.

--
Kind regards,

Melchert

MacOS 10.3.9/Firefox 1.5/Thunderbird 1.5

[Chris Ilias]

_Sea Star_ spoke thusly on 24/02/2006 5:16 AM:

> Does Thunderbird have any extensions that add these buttons?
>
> - Watch message
> - Ignore message
> - Flag message
>
> - Mark as read
> - Mark as unread
> - Mark thread as read
> - Mark all as read

View -> Toolbars -> Customize.
There should be a "Mark" button available, which acts as a toggle
between read/unread status. It contains a dropdown, to mark thread as
read, mark all read, mark read by date, and a flag message toggle.

I don't know of any extension to add toolbar buttons for marking
watched/ignored threads.
--
Chris Ilias
mozilla.test.multimedia moderator
Mozilla links <http://ilias.ca>
(Please do not email me tech support questions)

[Sparx [ S M Parekh ]]

Sea Star wrote:
> Does Thunderbird have any extensions that add these buttons?
>
> - Watch message
> - Ignore message
> - Flag message
>
> - Mark as read
> - Mark as unread
> - Mark thread as read
> - Mark all as read
>

Yes. You can use the Customizable Toolbar Button extension for Thunderbird.

Link - http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=370

There's a separate one for Firefox. Install the extension and re-start
Thunderbird. There's no complete documentation, so I hope this helps...

Click TOOLS > EXTENSIONS

Select the CUSTOMIZABLE TOOBAR BUTTONS entry and double-click it to open
up its option screen.

Click NEW BUTTON ( near the bottom). On the list to the left, you'll get
a new entry NEW ITEM which you ought to select.

Fill in the fields as follows:

FIELD VALUE
localname ======== toolbarbutton
label ======== Mark Thread (or whatever you like, this
what you'll see under the button)
tooltiptext ======== Mark All Threads as Read ( this is what you
see in the tooltip when you hover the mouse)

Next, click the VIEW button. In the IMAGE= field browse to an icon /
image of choice to display that as the icon for your button.

After this click EVENT1 - here's the tricky part- figuring out the
command - clear out everything already there and enter the following:
goDoCommand('cmd_markThreadAsRead')

Click APPLY and CLOSE.

Now you need the buttons to be displayed on the toolbar, so RIGHT-CLICK
the toolbar and choose CUSTOMIZE, in the list of available button there
should be one called CUSTOMIZABLE TOOLBAR BUTTONS (obviously!). Drag it
to the toolbar and you're all set.

Here are the other commands you need to put in the EVENT1 field for your
other buttons

Watch Thread ======== goDoCommand('cmd_watchThread')

Kill Thread ======== goDoCommand('cmd_killThread')

Flag message ======== goDoCommand('cmd_markAsFlagged')

Mark as read ======== goDoCommand('cmd_markAsRead')
Mark as unread ======= Same command as Mark as read because it's a
toggle button.

Mark all as read ======= goDoCommand('cmd_markAllRead')

Hope this helps !

--
Regards,
Sparx

Tagline:

"The gap between the Ferrari Enzo and the Mercedes SLR is as wide as the
gap between Michael Schumacher and David Coulthard." -- Jeremy Clarkson,
Host of "Top Gear"

[Bob Henson]

Sparx [ S M Parekh ] wrote

> Mark as read ======== goDoCommand('cmd_markAsRead')
> Mark as unread ======= Same command as Mark as read because it's a
> toggle button.
>
> Mark all as read ======= goDoCommand('cmd_markAllRead')

Is

Reply to Newsgroup ====== goDoCommand('cmd_replyToNewsgroup')

a good guess as to the correct command for that function - I have one of
those really irritating mailing lists where the "reply to" is set to the
poster's e-mail address not the list address. Some time back, when you
helped me with a similar query, I recall you either posted a list, or a URL
for a list, of most of the commands available - could you possibly repeat that?

Regards,

Bob

--
Remove "x" from address to reply by email.

[dillinger]

Right, very nice, unfortunately it does not work on linux, or TB 1.5.

Also, commands can be combined:

Mark thread as read and move to next unread message:
goDoCommand('cmd_markThreadAsRead');
goDoCommand('cmd_nextUnreadMsg');

Mark group as read and move to next unread message:
goDoCommand('cmd_markAllRead');
goDoCommand('cmd_nextUnreadMsg');

Michel.

[Sparx [ S M Parekh ]]

Bob Henson wrote:

>
> Reply to Newsgroup ====== goDoCommand('cmd_replyToNewsgroup')
>
> a good guess as to the correct command for that function - I have one of
> those really irritating mailing lists where the "reply to" is set to the
> poster's e-mail address not the list address. Some time back, when you
> helped me with a similar query, I recall you either posted a list, or a URL
> for a list, of most of the commands available - could you possibly repeat that?
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob
>
>
>

Reply to Newsgroup is goDoCommand('cmd_replyGroup')

All these commands are located in the mailwindowoverlay.xul file. I'm
not sure about its location, but it might be embedded in a JAR file in
your profile directory or the main TB directory.

[Bob Henson]

Sparx [ S M Parekh ] wrote

>> Reply to Newsgroup ====== goDoCommand('cmd_replyToNewsgroup')
>>
>> a good guess as to the correct command for that function - I have one of
>> those really irritating mailing lists where the "reply to" is set to the
>> poster's e-mail address not the list address. Some time back, when you
>> helped me with a similar query, I recall you either posted a list, or a URL
>> for a list, of most of the commands available - could you possibly repeat that?

> Reply to Newsgroup is goDoCommand('cmd_replyGroup')

That would explain why my guess didn't work. Thanks.

> All these commands are located in the mailwindowoverlay.xul file. I'm
> not sure about its location, but it might be embedded in a JAR file in
> your profile directory or the main TB directory.

I've printed out the message this time to file away. I'll trace the file and
save a copy of that too.
Thanks again.

[Sea Star]

dillinger sent a subspace message on 2/26/2006 9:20 AM:

> Sparx [ S M Parekh ] wrote:
>> Sea Star wrote:
>>
>>> Does Thunderbird have any extensions that add these buttons?
>>>
>>> - Watch message
>>> - Ignore message
>>> - Flag message
>>>
>>> - Mark as read
>>> - Mark as unread
>>> - Mark thread as read
>>> - Mark all as read
>>>
>>
>>
>> Yes. You can use the Customizable Toolbar Button extension for
>> Thunderbird.
>>
>> Link - http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=370
>>
>> There's a separate one for Firefox. Install the extension and re-start
>> Thunderbird. There's no complete documentation, so I hope this helps...

<snip>

>
> Right, very nice, unfortunately it does not work on linux, or TB 1.5.
>

<snip>

Is there a version somewhere that DOES work on TB 1.5? Even the Enhanced
version at the Extension Mirror is only for TB 1.0. There is, however, a
version for Firefox 1.5. Why isn't there one for TB 1.5?

[Al Bert]

I created a "Mark Thread as Read" button for TB several versions back
(late 2004?) , and it has continued to work as I've upgraded to the
newer versions including TB 1.5.

Al

[Bob Henson]

Al Bert wrote

>>>> Yes. You can use the Customizable Toolbar Button extension for
>>>> Thunderbird.
>>>>
>>>> Link - http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=370
>>>>
>>>> There's a separate one for Firefox. Install the extension and re-start
>>>> Thunderbird. There's no complete documentation, so I hope this helps...

>>> Right, very nice, unfortunately it does not work on linux, or TB 1.5.

>> Is there a version somewhere that DOES work on TB 1.5? Even the Enhanced

>> version at the Extension Mirror is only for TB 1.0. There is, however, a
>> version for Firefox 1.5. Why isn't there one for TB 1.5?
>
> I created a "Mark Thread as Read" button for TB several versions back
> (late 2004?) , and it has continued to work as I've upgraded to the
> newer versions including TB 1.5.

It still works here (v. 0.1.4) under TB 1.5 too, although it could be
courtesy of Nightly Tester Tools extension. I've been using it for a "Mark
Newsgroup as Read" key for ages. My interest rekindled by this discussion,
and steered in the right direction by Sparx, I've just added a "Reply to
Newsgroup" key that works well too. Pity they're all in one block, but you
can't have everything.

[Bob Henson]

Bob Henson wrote

P.S. for anyone interested, the file is under the main Thunderbird
directory/chrome/messenger.jar.