The existing key combinations used for these actions should continue to be available despite their movement from the toolbar.
The new search is also planned to search events and tasks pending work from the Thunderbird:Calendar Integration Old Layout Message ButtonsĪs a part of bug 456814 the following buttons that were apart of the old Thunderbird layout will be moved to the Message Reader area for a more inline approach to the available actions. It can auto-complete on people's names from the address book, email addresses, and subjects. See the complete article on Thunderbird:SearchĪuto-Complete search is replacing the existing quick search entry as it will provide all the same functionality as quick search but better. Get Mail will change from its current function of only getting mail for the focused account into getting mail for all accounts, see bug 281417 for more.Īs a major tool for email applications we want to emphasize our write button by using a more striking font, stylizing the button, and making it larger such that it stands out from the toolbar. This more automatic approach to downloading mail means that we want to remove emphasis and importance on the Get Mail button by reducing its size and making it into an icon button only. Thunderbird is moving to a more automatic approach to downloading mail, see bug 435153.
The new layout of the toolbar is meant to give Thunderbird an iconic look among email clients while still being tuned toward functionality.