nextcloud / nextcloud/mail

Collapse quoted text in the threaded view of HTML messages

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Description

Feature Request

Inside the thread you, you don't really need the previous email's text as you can simply expand it there.

The exception would be inline replies. Then we should show the original text.

Technically HTML messages are a challenge. We don't render them directly, but via an iframe. So the HTML has to be possibly rewritten to achive this. This could be a hard and error-prone task.

Summary

Collapse/hide quoted text in plain text emails.


See https://github.com/nextcloud/mail/issues/3639 for plain text emails.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the threaded view's HTML-message rendering and the iframe path described in the issue. Determine how quoted text is identified and rewritten, then verify that quoted text collapses while inline replies continue showing the original text.

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Assessment

Tech stack
html, javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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