thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Add a view of all emails in the email thread
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type: enhancement
- Dominant language
- Kotlin
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Description
Checklist
- I have used the search function to see if someone else has already submitted the same feature request.
- I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.
- This issue only contains a request for one single feature, not multiple (related) features.
App version
5.807
Problem you are trying to solve
It is not very convenient to open emails one by one in the email thread.
Suggested solution
Add the ability to open all emails in the email thread.
Screenshots / Drawings / Technical details
No response
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 locating the email thread view in the Android app and tracing how individual emails are opened. Define the interaction for opening every email in the thread, then verify that all messages in a thread can be opened together without losing the existing thread context.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100