Thanks for the explanation.
Could that "one" button in the toolbar also be a dropdown box, just like it currently is also used for filtering for tags? That way, the complete functionality could be put into that one single button:
- just click at it (in the content area): show HTML temporarily;
- clicking at the small "v" would expand the list, showing the three available view modes;
- picking one of these sets the current default view (the same way as previously in the status bar).
It hasn't been (re-)integrated in the 8.* version series, because of not yet existing MailExtension possibilities for the status bar. I'm not really happy about the missing feature, but have not yet decided, how to replace it. The main goal of the status bar item was the immediate HTML mode status visibility.
Sad news... For me, it provided the fastest and most convenient way for switching between HTML and plain text view if it was not for a single message only... Changing this setting deep in the menu structure is a pain in the ... you know what.
I would be very glad if something similar could be integrated again - by whatever means. Even some more (optional) buttons in the symbol bar would be fine (at least in my configuration, there's plenty of space up there).
Is it correct that the selector in the status bar is completely missing now?
Hello,
now I updated to TB 102 and AHT 8.1.2 - let's see what happens.
If the bug shows again, I'll report it.
Another issue: is it correct that the selector in the status bar is completely missing now?
Sorry for the delay.
V7.0.6 of 27.05.2022
I'm on TB 91.10.0, where the bug persists. Can't say anything about TB 102 yet.
JFTR:
It appears reproducible that after the fail (persistently) shows, simply closing and restarting TB cures the problem - at least for some time again...
Right now, it happened again.
In the failure situation, the text in the status bar shows "original HTML" with the HTML icon, while in the statusbar context menu "plain text" was checked.
After a restart of TB, the status bar still showed "HTML", but after changing to plain text view the AHT button changed the view only temporarily again (at least for the moment).
And sorry - at that very moment after restarting TB I forgot to look if the checked item in the status bar context menu still was "plain text", despite of the status bar itself showing "HTML"... Better luck next time...
I am attaching the error log, hope that helps.
Is it the statusbar text or the checked entry in the statusbar context menu? It may be a part of the main problem or separate problem (if in the context menu).
I think it were both - IIRC.
When the problem appears again, I will take special care of this detail.
Hello,
I also observe that strange behaviour for quite some time. Every now and then, changing to HTML view is not temporarily, but persistent - while the status bar constantly claims that "plain text" view is active. Explicitly chosing "plain text" (although it's already checked) corrects the wrong display.
Today, the problem was 100% reproducible. With really every use of the "Show HTML" button, the view stayed at HTML when changing messages or folders.
So I downloaded the 7.0.2-debug version of AHT and manually installed it, without even uninstalling first. After restarting TB, the problem did not occur any more.
As soon as it fails again, I will provide the error console logs. Hopefully, I can help finding and fixing this strange issue.
Many thanks for this really useful AddOn, BTW.
Tilo
