[imp] Feature Request - selectable email addresses and add to existing contact.

[Simon B]

Hi

When one clicks on an email address in imp, one is offered the choice
of new message or adding to contacts.  The email address is shown but
is not selectable - meaning the only way to copy an email address of a
message you receive is to select the new message choice and copy it
from there and then close the newly opened window - altogether that's
a suboptimal user experience and more clicks than is necessary.

Would it not be possible to either:
- be able to double click to select the email address (leaving the
click and hold for the current menu drop-down)?  Or
- be able to select the email address that is shown?


The principle (but not the only reason) I have for doing this is
because there is no add to existing contact option - meaning that
either I have to open the newly created contact in turba and copy the
email address there, delete the new contact and add the address to the
existing contact, or attempt to copy the email address in imp before
editing the existing contact in turba.

There are many reasons to copy email addresses from imp:
- updating existing contact details
- correcting existing contact details
- retroactively adding non-contacts to calendar events
- sending someone an email address (when it's not possible or
desirable to copy the person on the original request
- pasting to external applications (excel, database fields, etc).

In Horde3 copying the email address in imp was possible - and whilst
I'm tremendously grateful to have moved on, this is a little irksome.
I'd be willing to contribute a little to development, but this seems
like basic application functionality - at least for being able to
select the address.

Thanks.

Simon
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