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Sort, and Top Control of Thunderbird went Missing

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Hey Guys!!

Brand-new Member here. LOVE the Program! Couple questions, It is Sorting by the 'Oldest' messages, how do I switch the Ascending/descending so that I can see the New messages, at the Top?

Also, there was a Widget, below the three lines and the "- [ ] X" buttons in the Top right Corner. It had Something to do with the View of All messages, I toggled it off to see what it does and now it is GONE... how do I get that 'View Options' button back? I liked it better before, it had Senders name, Time-and-Date, and other views Separated

Thanks, in Advance! William

Hey Guys!! Brand-new Member here. LOVE the Program! Couple questions, It is Sorting by the 'Oldest' messages, how do I switch the Ascending/descending so that I can see the New messages, at the Top? Also, there was a Widget, below the three lines and the "- [ ] X" buttons in the Top right Corner. It had Something to do with the View of All messages, I toggled it off to see what it does and now it is GONE... how do I get that 'View Options' button back? I liked it better before, it had Senders name, Time-and-Date, and other views Separated Thanks, in Advance! William

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I *Finally* Figured it out! It was View -> Layout -> "Message List Header." Then, toggle Cards List <---> Table View.

wow, that was Painful

Hopefully, in the Future, they can Fix that. I must have hit "Hide Message List Header" apparently !

But, it took me hours to find-out how to Unhide it.


Thanks for your Reply.

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..Oh, I Fixed the Sort function...

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Still Trying to figure out, what that other button was

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Well, there is view>folders>all folders - and that is the only one I can recall with the word 'all' in it.

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Chosen Solution

I *Finally* Figured it out! It was View -> Layout -> "Message List Header." Then, toggle Cards List <---> Table View.

wow, that was Painful

Hopefully, in the Future, they can Fix that. I must have hit "Hide Message List Header" apparently !

But, it took me hours to find-out how to Unhide it.


Thanks for your Reply.

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First, it's not broken, it's a matter of learning a new application. when in doubt, usually the view or layout menus will suffice. For your future reference, I attached a basic layout.

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You dont think it seems pretty abrupt...to just Disappear instantly?

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What? You said you toggled it off. Maybe I'm missing something.