Not so new addon to compact header pane in Thunderbird

[jmozmoz]

I stil have the forward button bigger than other with version 0.99.5.
Is it possible to fix it the same way than print and mark buttons ?

What operating system are you using? Here the forward button has not drop down menu:



Perhaps another add-on is changing the forward button?

[lesm]

The Release Notes for version 0.99.0 says: ... This version works with Thunderbird 3.0pre. For older versions (Thunderbird 3.0 beta 4) use the version 0.8.x.

Something is wrong here. I tried version 0.8.x on TB 3.0beta4 and didn't work okay. Instead I use version 0.9.0 from http://www.stathy.com/mozdev/compactheader/ and works just fine.

I tried again with Thunderbird 3.0 beta 4 and a fresh profile. The version 0.8.3 of the add-on worked. Version 0.9.0 also works (somehow): The buttons in the header pane cannot be changed: Neither display the icons nor remove some or all of them.

Could you please try with a fresh profile.

I'm late. Sorry.
Yes, you're right. I forgot to mention that I use the "Phoenity Shredder" 3.3.85 theme and that my only interest is to make the headers short. So it doesn't matter what the icons behavior is (for a while). Actually I use TB to read NG's only.
Thanks.
Anyhow, I'm looking forward to the definitive TB 3.0 compliant version.

[Eriatile]

What operating system are you using? Here the forward button has not drop down menu:



Perhaps another add-on is changing the forward button?

You're right it was one of my addon : forwardas.
Disabling it solved the issue.

[jmozmoz]

You're right it was one of my addon : forwardas.
Disabling it solved the issue.

With the version 0.99.6 you should be able to use this add-on.

[C@rb0n]

@jmozmoz: Any chance of flat buttons option again?

[GiraffePC]

You're right it was one of my addon : forwardas.
Disabling it solved the issue.

With the version 0.99.6 you should be able to use this add-on.

Yes, updated Shredder yesterday and had to get 0.99.6 - now working perfectly.

[rphunter]

The 99.8 version of the compact header extension works fine with TB3.0RC1 on my Windows XP netbook, but fails on my desktop machine which runs Windows 7 64 bit. The failure is that when I click on the - icon, the header area disappears completely, and won't come back.
Is there anything I can do, or check to help resolve this problem?
Ron Hunter

[Tuxman]

With v0.99.8 (Tb3.0rc1, Silvermel theme), the Compact Header button looks broken:





Is that intended?

[C@rb0n]

With v0.99.8 (Tb3.0rc1, Silvermel theme), the Compact Header button looks broken:
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Is that intended?

Since it works properly with the default theme, you should be contacting the developer of the non-default theme you are using.

[Tuxman]

Since other add-ons work properly with Silvermel, I presume the add-on author could look at his styles again.

[C@rb0n]

Since other add-ons work properly with Silvermel, I presume the add-on author could look at his styles again.

Maybe, but not necessarily. For example: I use the TB3 Classic theme, which was compatible with all my other extensions, but breaking with CompactHeader. It is now fully compatible, because the TB3 Classic author made the appropriate modifications to his theme.

[Tuxman]

Previous CH versions worked with Silvermel, so I also doubt that.

[C@rb0n]

Previous CH versions worked with Silvermel, so I also doubt that.

Was the same kind of experience with TB3 Classic, but it's your choice.

[CatThief]

With v0.99.8 (Tb3.0rc1, Silvermel theme), the Compact Header button looks broken:
...
Is that intended?

Since it works properly with the default theme, you should be contacting the developer of the non-default theme you are using.

We are going to see a lot of these issues with 3rd-party themes, including my own. Unless a theme uses the same code as the default theme for message headers, stuff is surely going to break. Any theme that heavily stylizes the headers will not be compatible with this extension.

Should we blame the extension developer? NO. Should we blame the theme developer? NO. It's a simple matter of conflicting code and has nothing to do with right or wrong. I intend to forewarn users of my own Tb3 theme that CompactHeader was developed for Tb's default theme, intended to enhance Tb's default theme headers code. Plain and simple, not all extensions work with all themes, and not all themes work with all extensions.

[jmozmoz]

The 99.8 version of the compact header extension works fine with TB3.0RC1 on my Windows XP netbook, but fails on my desktop machine which runs Windows 7 64 bit. The failure is that when I click on the - icon, the header area disappears completely, and won't come back.
Is there anything I can do, or check to help resolve this problem?
Ron Hunter

I am using Windows 7 64 bit myself and it seems to work. So it's not the operating system.

Could you please check if you see any error messages in the error console (Tools->Error Console)?

Another thing to check is whether it works if you start with a fresh profile? If so the localstore.rdf of your old profile can be manually cleaned up (remove all references to "customizeToolbar").

Perhaps it is also enough to just uninstall and then install the add-on.

By the way: Did you upgrade from a previous version (which?)?