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MoreLayouts for Thunderbird is back! The extension adds two additional layouts to the Thunderbird View -> Layouts submenu - Wide Thread View and Stacked View. A fullscreen mode is implemented via F11. Please see Screenshots for a preview.

Installation:

MoreLayouts v2.3 (Thunderbird 10.0+) at Mozilla Add-Ons.

MoreLayouts v2.2 (Thunderbird 3.1 - 9.*) at Mozilla Add-Ons.

MoreLayoutsforThunderbird v1.4 (Thunderbird 2.0+)

Requirements:

Platform: All OSs.
Applications: Thunderbird 2.0 (v1.4) and Thunderbird 3.1+ (v2.*).

Thunderbird 2.0 only for v1.4 and lower. Also supports the excellent Tb2 based Tabbed Message Pane build.

Features:

• Adds Wide Thread and Stacked views to Thunderbird.
• No restarting is required and the change is immediate.
• Pane sizing is persisted across restarts and layout changes.
• Fullscreen message view, via F11.
  The pref fullscreenPaneConfig has been added to indicate layout in fullscreen F11 mode. Valid values are:
  -1 - same layout as normal;
  0 - classic;
  1 - widemessage;
  2 - vertical;
  3 - widethread;
  4 - stacked.
• Configure message pane min/max behavior, via F8, in the 3pane view.
  The pref messagePaneToggleMode has been added to control F8. A message must be selected first. Valid values are:
  0 - toggle between normal and minimized;
  1 - toggle between normal and maximized;
  2 - cycle from normal to min to normal to max to normal to min etc.
• CSS selector support with "view" attribute of #mailContent. Valid values are:
  "classic", "widemessage", "vertical", "widethread", "stacked", "accountcentral"
  eg. #mailContent[view="classic"] #messagepanebox {border: 4px solid purple !important}
• Tip: The integer pref mail.pane_config.dynamic corresponds to views:
  "classic"=0, "widemessage"=1, "vertical"=2, "widethread"=3, "stacked"=4
• Better Tip: If you prefer to read one type of folder/account in one layout and a different type in another, you can set the view layout on a per folder basis. Install Mnenhy and use its Folder Storage feature (read the doc first) to set the above pref to the desired layout. On folder selection the view will autoswitch - nice.

NEW in v2.2:

• Fullscreen layout may be different than normal layout.
• Fullscreen now retains message pane state of normal view; it is not automatically maximized. Use F8 to maximize.

NEW in v2.1:

• Maximize message pane in the 3pane view with F8.

Compatibility:

• Lightning - Tb3.1, Lightning 1.0b2, and MoreLayouts v2.0 seem to work fine. MoreLayouts steals the F11 Today Pane toggle key, which Lightning should give up anyway (Bug 425435).
• Other extensions - please report problems.

Known Issues:

• WARNING: If you are uninstalling the extension, make sure to first set the Layout to Classic or Wide Message or Vertical otherwise you will see a grey screen of death on restart. Only necessary for Thunderbird 8.* and earlier versions.

Localization:

Currently only en-US. There are only a few strings in the menu; any and all localizations are welcome.

Support and Questions:

Please post to the MoreLayoutsforThunderbird Mozillazine thread.

Version history:

• 2.3

  - Update: compatibility with Thunderbird 10.

• 2.2

  - New: Fullscreen layout may be different than normal layout. The pref fullscreenPaneConfig has been added to indicate layout in fullscreen F11 mode. See the MoreLayouts homepage Features section for more details.
  - Fix: Fullscreen now retains message pane state of normal view; it is not automatically maximized. Use F8 to maximize.

• 2.1

  - Fix: zero width splitter in linux and minor css tweaks.
  - Fix: improved compatibility with tabs.
  - Fix: core Thunderbird bugs 492216, 531397, 636874, and who knows what else.
  - New: the F8 message pane toggle has been enhanced to maximize as well. See the MoreLayouts homepage Features section for more details.

• 2.0

  - Update: Rewrite to support changes in Thunderbird 3.0 through 3.3.

• 1.4

  - Fix: Switching toolbars (and thus the view) while in Customize mode did not display Calendar or Task views properly when using widethread or stacked layouts.
  - New: Lightning mode buttons now also placeable on Calendar and Task toolbars.

• 1.3

  - New: Support for Lightning 0.8.
  - New: Optional pref to place Today Pane in Folder Pane, as in older versions of Lightning. See Features above.
  - New: Lightning mode buttons placeable on any Tb toolbar via standard Customize; the Lightning mode toolbar may thus be hidden to save space.

• 1.2

  - Fix: Supports both standard and Tabbed Message Pane builds.
  - New: Added Fullscreen toggle (F11), as in Firefox.

• 1.1

  - Fix: Correct build for Tb2 standard.

• 1.0

  - Initial release - For custom Tabbed Message Pane build only

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