Removing the calendar and tasks icons in TB 78

[Tiger]

I just updated my Thunderbird to version 78.2.2 (Mac) and now have a
"Switch to the calendar tab" and a "Switch to the tasks tab" icon in the
upper toolbar.
There's also a "Today pane" icon in the status bar.

As I have all my appointments in the MacOS Calendar app I have no need
for the Thunderbird equivalent and would like to remove the icons, but I
can't find a way to do it! I've been able to remove them in the past,
but not this time.

What I usually do is right-click on the toolbar in question, then drag
the icons I need/don't need. This still works with all my other icons
(write, reply, forward etc.) but not those mentioned.

Is this a bug, or have I missed something?



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Tigerrrrrrrr

[Tiger]

On 16/09/2020 21:25, Tiger wrote:
> I just updated my Thunderbird to version 78.2.2 (Mac) and now have a
> "Switch to the calendar tab" and a "Switch to the tasks tab" icon in the
> upper toolbar.
> There's also a "Today pane" icon in the status bar.
>
> As I have all my appointments in the MacOS Calendar app I have no need
> for the Thunderbird equivalent and would like to remove the icons, but I
> can't find a way to do it! I've been able to remove them in the past,
> but not this time.

Replying to my own posting.... according to this discussion I found it
looks like it's a bug as others aren't able to remove those icons the
usual way either:
https://support.mozilla.org/no/questions/1304629

Is anyone looking into this for a solution?



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Tigerrrrrrrr

[Stans]

See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1295807 for working
solutions.

[WaltS48]

Does the bug report say it is "Unconfirmed" or "New", "Assigned" or
"Unassigned"? You will find an answer in the answer to those questions.

Is it even filed in the right Product and Component.

I hardly notice them and my Calendar tab is always open so don't need to
use them.

It is curious that they are also in the Customize palette and can be
moved to the Task bar from there. Who needs two of the same Icon?

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[Nobody]

On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 08:41:17 -0400, WaltS48 <sch...@invalid.net>
wrote:

>Does the bug report say it is "Unconfirmed" or "New", "Assigned" or
>"Unassigned"? You will find an answer in the answer to those questions.
>
>Is it even filed in the right Product and Component.
>
>I hardly notice them and my Calendar tab is always open so don't need to
>use them.
>
>It is curious that they are also in the Customize palette and can be
>moved to the Task bar from there. Who needs two of the same Icon?

Which semi-explains why those two icons can't be removed with the
usual customize routine of dragging into the palette.

[alta88[nntp]]

On 17/09/2020 06.41, WaltS48 wrote:
> On 9/17/20 3:26 AM, Tiger wrote:
>> On 16/09/2020 21:25, Tiger wrote:
>>> I just updated my Thunderbird to version 78.2.2 (Mac) and now have a
>>> "Switch to the calendar tab" and a "Switch to the tasks tab" icon in
>>> the upper toolbar.
>>> There's also a "Today pane" icon in the status bar.
>>>
>>> As I have all my appointments in the MacOS Calendar app I have no
>>> need for the Thunderbird equivalent and would like to remove the
>>> icons, but I can't find a way to do it! I've been able to remove them
>>> in the past, but not this time.
>>
>>
>> Replying to my own posting.... according to this discussion I found it
>> looks like it's a bug as others aren't able to remove those icons the
>> usual way either:
>> https://support.mozilla.org/no/questions/1304629
>>
>> Is anyone looking into this for a solution?
>>
>>
>>
>
> Does the bug report say it is "Unconfirmed" or "New", "Assigned" or
> "Unassigned"? You will find an answer in the answer to those questions.
>
> Is it even filed in the right Product and Component.

These questions indicate the post at the support link was not read
carefully - can you post the bugzilla bug link? Once you find it,
perhaps you can confirm whether it is in the "right" component, and
answer the other questions yourself for the benefit of the whole group.

For reference, it is here:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1614402

Making the buttons customizable/removable is _trivially_ easy.

Rather than using css, it's even easier to get rid of them, per comment
12, by issuing these 2 commands in the developer console command line:

Services.xulStore.setValue(document.URL, "task-tab-button", "hidden", true)
Services.xulStore.setValue(document.URL, "calendar-tab-button",
"hidden", true)

[Nobody]

On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 11:47:46 -0600, "alta88[nntp]" <alt...@fixall.com>
wrote:

Trivially easy? For an average user to find? In practice, maybe...
once that info is posted.

And it worked for me with 78.2.2... with both 'tasks' and 'calendar'
remaining in 'customize' should I ever wish to enable them. (I just
confirmed they do.)

It doesn't explain why both icons were already in the 'customize'
palette as well as the toolbar, which as an average user, seemed to
block removal.

[alta88[nntp]]

No, trivially easy for a developer to fix so customize works for those
two buttons as it does for all others.

[WaltS48]

I just discovered that the
<https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/msghdr-toolbar-customize/>
extension adds a "Customize Calendar Buttons" menu item that the user
can use to disable the Calendar, Tasks and Today Pane icons so they are
not visible.