[imp] Preview pane

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Staff Forwarding <staff at 4xtra.com>:

> I am trying to persuade a few holdouts to convert to Horde (we are  
> running 5.1.3)
>
> The only remaining issue is the behaviour when selecting a message:  
> they are used to clicking on a message title/sender and the full  
> panel being replaced with the message. A back button is required, of  
> course, to return to the list, but this is significantly faster than  
> opening the message in a new window and has a much larger display  
> area that the preview pane and dozen;t require them to use the  
> splitter between the message list and message preview panels to  
> expand the preview size.
>
> I have an idea that the behaviour of the existing "thumb" on the  
> splitter could be co-opted to help. Currently a double-click splits  
> the window size evenly.
>
> Firstly, would it be possible to click or double-click and toggle  
> the panel to full size (or near full) and half size? That is  
> probably simple enough, but I'm not a JavaScript programmer.
>
> Secondly, assuming this is straight forward, could the expansion to  
> full size be activated by clicking on the mail title in the message  
> list? Reversing it back to half size would have to depend on the  
> splitter thumb I suppose.
>
> Not being a brilliant JavaScript programmer I don't wish to embark  
> on this if someone can think of a good reason why not to do it, or  
> if it would break something
>
> /Chris

How about using the vertical mode instead?

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Jan Schneider
The Horde Project
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