thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Hide account name on unified mode
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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
6.601
Problem you are trying to solve
With my 3 email accounts, I like to use only the "unified view" to have a single inbox for all my accounts.
Since the latest version I got on my android, when I read an email, there is a quite big first line with my account name, which doesn't appears when I'm viewing directly the same email, from the receiving account.
It would be really nice to be able to hide it, or replace it with only the account color:
Suggested solution
Being able to hide the account name
Or
Only display the color or the account "somewhere" (top ? Subject ? Line ?)
Screenshots / Drawings / Technical details
"Unified view":

Single account view:

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 the unified-view message layout in app version 6.601 and compare it with the single-account view shown in the screenshots. Determine which account information should remain visible, then confirm that the account name is hidden or replaced consistently in unified view without changing single-account view behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- design, mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100