Messages Open in New Window Don't Stay

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Messages Open in New Window Don't Stay

Post by ep2012 »

Hi,

So I've recently noticed that something that was a feature before is no longer :(

I'm getting sick of them removing things I needed.

It looks like every time I open a message by double clicking on it, it closes the previous e-mail open like that.

Now I have to go search for it in a folder because normally it would have stayed open even after filing it. <sigh>
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Re: Messages Open in New Window Don't Stay

Post by tanstaafl »

That doesn't occur on my system (either 52.9.1 or 60) when configured to open a message in a tab. It appears to occur when configured to open a message in a new window. However, if I hover the mouse over the icon in the task bar I see the additional windows are open, they're just minimized. I'm on Windows 10, I don't know if it works differently under Windows 7.
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Re: Messages Open in New Window Don't Stay

Post by ep2012 »

Yeh no, they aren't open.

I click & mouse over that area all the time & there's nothing there. Just my different search windows.

Unless there's a setting I don't have checked.
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Re: Messages Open in New Window Don't Stay

Post by tanstaafl »

Can you workaround this problem by setting "open new messages in new tab" in tools -> options -> display -> advanced?
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Re: Messages Open in New Window Don't Stay

Post by Somebody »

Actually, I get the behavior described above, if I select "Existing Window" in the aforementioned settings dialog. The options "New Tab" and "New Window" work as expected here in TB 52 and TB 60.
Do you use any addons that change the default behavior (and maybe don't work anymore in TB 60)?
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