thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Hide / collapse nested quote / replies when viewing emails?

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type: enhancement
Dominant language
Kotlin
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Description

When I'm part of a long email thread there's a huge amount of junk that gets tacked on to the end of the email, the nested quoted replies take up a TON of space, and end up making the email start out zoomed out and super tiny. This is usually resolved with just a double-tap of the screen but it would be nice if there were a way to make it so that these replies are collapsed by default, and can be expanded with a tap, similar to how the official Gmail app handles this.

Is this possible? I'm using K9 because I don't use Gapps, so it'd be super nice if there were an option for this.

Thanks!

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The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the Android email-rendering path and existing handling for nested quoted replies; done would mean long quoted threads are collapsed by default, can be expanded with a tap, and the behavior is covered by an appropriate test.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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