[solved*] Add on for displaying Mail Toolbar vertically?

[king-ghidorah]

Hi,

Is it possible to change the way the Mail Toolbar is displayed? I don't have a lot going on there but I would still like to keep a few buttons there (or perhaps it's time to learn a few keyboard shortcuts instead...).

Anyway, currently the toolbar takes a lot of horizontal space (the XXXs):

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+-------------------------------------------------+
|File|Edit|View|Go|Message...                     |
+-------------------------------------------------+
|XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX|
+----------+--------------------------------------+
|Inbox     |                                      |
|Drafts    |                                      |
|Sent      |                                      |
|Archives  |             Message                  |
|....      |                                      |
|          |                                      |
|          |                                      |
|          |                                      |
+----------+--------------------------------------+

I would like to be able to position it vertically beside the Folder Pane:

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+-------------------------------------------------+
|File|Edit|View|Go|Message...                     |
+---+----------+----------------------------------+
| X |Inbox     |                                  |
| X |Drafts    |                                  |
| X |Sent      |                                  |
| X |Archives  |                                  |
| X |....      |                                  |
| X |          |         Message                  |
| X |          |                                  |
| X |          |                                  |
| X |          |                                  |
| X |          |                                  |
+---+----------+----------------------------------+

or above it:

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+-------------------------------------------------+
|File|Edit|View|Go|Message...                     |
+----------+--------------------------------------+
|XXXXXXXXXX|                                      |
+----------+                                      |
|Inbox     |                                      |
|Drafts    |                                      |
|Sent      |                                      |
|Archives  |             Message                  |
|....      |                                      |
|          |                                      |
|          |                                      |
|          |                                      |
+----------+--------------------------------------+

Can it be done?

[wsmwk]

Not that I know of.

But, if you must have the menu bar (which can be hidden, and is by default for new installs) there is a little know fact that you CAN put toolbar functions on the menu bar. Just right+click the toolbar, customize, ,and drag stuff to the menu bar rather than mail toolbar. See my example at http://imgur.com/TxlWTNS

[edit]
And with that change, you can then disable the mail toolbar and just leave the menu bar.

[tanstaafl]

I know there are a few add-ons that add support for additional layouts but I don't think any of them move the main toolbar. See if the MoreLayouts add-on at http://morelayoutsforthunderbird.mozdev.org/ does what you want.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Window_layout_-_Thunderbird

[king-ghidorah]

Thank you! The little known fact was sufficient enough to recover the space occupied by the Mail Toolbar.

One funny thing that happened after moving the last icon to the Menu Bar was that the Mail Toolbar vanished! I can't see any way to put the icons back to the Menu Toolbar. I'm not intending to so it's not a problem *for me* but still this should not have happened. Looks like it's gone for good

The More Layouts add-on didn't have the function I was after. It just adds a number of different layouts to the View -> Layout menu. Thanks for the suggestion, anyway.

[wsmwk]

the toolbar might have gone "auto-off". Check the status at View | toolbars, or if it is still visible click the "hamburger" on the far right then options

[king-ghidorah]

View -> Toolbars claims it's still on, same goes for the hamburger. You can click on Customise -> Restore Default Set though to get the toolbar back.