From vs. To and photo in preview of messages sent by self

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Reported by rosali on 20 Jul 2014 05:13 UTC as Trac ticket #1489991
#1- GUI messages overlap the preview pane toggle at right bottom corner

(preview pane disabled - Larry skin). A click on the toggle is impossible while the GUI message
is displayed. That's an issue in case of long "staying" GUI messages.
#2- Preview pane (threaded view):

Only the FROM header is displayed. That's not of interest if it is an
outgoing message. In this case the TO header should be displayed.

Thanks for consideration.

Migrated-From: http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1489991

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Comment by @alecpl on 20 Jul 2014 09:12 UTC

#1 - it's wontfix. how often do you use this toggle? anyway, the message element can be removed by clicking on it.
#2 - that's something that could be changed.

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Comment by @alecpl on 20 Jul 2014 15:03 UTC

Also the contact photo should be get from recipient not sender when in Sent folder.

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Comment by rosali on 21 Jul 2014 06:15 UTC

#1- is ok form me.

#2- Clarification: A conversation in a folder can contain incoming and outgoing messages. I'd like to see to TO/FROM and photo toggle in this case and not only for folder which typically only contains outgoing messages (sent).

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Comment by @thomascube on 18 Aug 2014 06:37 UTC

Would checking the sender email against the current user's identities be a valid way to detect "outgoing" messages?

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Comment by rosali on 19 Aug 2014 15:14 UTC

I think there is no reliable way to check if a message is "outgoing". I suggest FROM, TO and DATE headers in one line. Currently you only display FROM and DATE. May be it is not necessary to display DATE because this information is available in message list. So, it is redundant.

Another approach could be to show in the preview pane the opposit of the message list. If the message list shows FROM (all folders except SENT) then the preview pane shows TO and vice versa.

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Comment by rosali on 19 Aug 2014 15:28 UTC

I have checked what Thunderbird displays and I think that's good:

1st line: FROM (left align - incl. Photo?)
2nd line: SUBJECT (left align) - DATE (right align)
3rd line: TO (left align - incl. Photo?)

All additional headers should go to the toggle section.

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Comment by @alecpl on 19 Aug 2014 15:31 UTC

I think checking From: against identities would be good enough. However, there's one issue with displaying To: vs. From:. From: contains one address while To: might contain more.

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Comment by @thomascube on 27 Dec 2014 14:41 UTC

Re-schedule...

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Milestone changed by @thomascube on 27 Dec 2014 14:41 UTC

1.1-rc => 1.2-beta

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Milestone changed by @alecpl on 29 Aug 2015 07:46 UTC

1.2-beta => later