thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Preview lines affects subject
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type: enhancement
- Dominant language
- Kotlin
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Description
I'd like to see only from and subject in mail list. I don't like to see any body lines at all. But it's impossible, as if I set Preview lines to zero it truncates subject:


Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing this in the Android mail list with Preview lines set to zero, comparing the displayed From and subject with the current body preview. Done means the full subject remains visible while no body lines are shown.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100