'Mark' button no longer functions as a button - change it back!

[SFD85]

Since the latest major update to Thunderbird, the 'Mark' button no longer functions as a button - it just brings up the dropdown menu. It used to do both; pressing the button would 'mark' the selected email (equivalent to the M keyboard shortcut), while you could also click to the side to get the dropdown menu. It's a minor change, but it's annoying: it means one now has to click twice to mark an email unread/read, rather than just once. This mounts up when you do it a lot. Please change it back to the previous functionality!

[EWS-CT]

I completely agree.  I've just had Thunderbird updated this morning and the MARK button was very handy as a one hit button.  Not so handy now....  Please roll it back Mozilla.

[vetsac]

I too agree! I used the single-click MARK button to "mark as read" and "mark as unread" any email quickly as needed.

The previous release of Thunderbird behaved that way. MS Outlook behaves that way. Apple Mail on Mac behaves that way. (Yes I have to use all 3 email clients on both PC and Mac for my jobs, and it's a PITA when one is not standard like the others -- or has been standard until this latest Thunderbird release.)

Now it's actually 3 action sequences:

1) click the Mark button to expose the drop-down menu
2) move my mouse cursor to the option I need to use
3) then click the actual option I need to use

This Thunderbird release has changed what has been a standard paradigm and upset a user habit pattern and expectation that has been around for literally years!

As the OP said: "This mounts up when you do it a lot. Please change it back to the previous functionality!"

Agree 100%!

[mvnrsa]

Agree 100%.

Very annoying change that I'm sure nobody asked for.

[egino]

I agree.  I'd like it to act as a toggle - If the message is read the "Mark" button would mark it as read.  If the message is not read then the "Mark" button would mark it as read.  Or have additional buttons for these individual actions.

[Agentvirtuel]

Hello

Re-implement spin button for Mark button in unified toolbar https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1843654

[Wise_Wombat]

There was absolutely no reason to remove the one-click toggle functionality. The old button also worked the way the new one does (drop-down menu) if you clicked the down arrow on the right side of the button, but as a one-click toggle on the rest of the button. They didn't add anything useful, but just removed a convenience feature. 

There is still a way to toggle Read status in one click. You can click the little round ball in the Read Status column. Works like the old Mark button but IMO is a but harder to use on a small screen because the icon is so tiny instead of a big fat button. I also became accustomed to using the button so I still click it out of habbit and get the annoying menu.

That's just a workaround though because, unlike the old Mark button or the M key, it doesn't work on multiple messsages, so requires a lot more clicks.

[EWS-CT]

Does anyone have a viable update on this problem?  

[Agentvirtuel]

Hello

[tb-planning] Thunderbird esr128.0 is live
https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/planning/T2153f87c9d99b69a/tb-planning-thunderbird-esr128-0-...
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/07/welcome-to-thunderbird-128-nebula

For information purposes Thunderbird 128
https://www.youtube.com/embed/mxo6ENRydaA

[Pino_de_vogel]

Still a horrible implemented feature.  I hate these style of richt click menus. I want a left lick menu button like we used for decades and worked fast and only required one click.  This still requires 2 clicks and therefore is WORSE... I found a addon but that only marks ALL as read and thats unacceptable too.  You should never change anything that makes a function worse. if you have to remove a feature and you have no valid fix for years you should never make the change!
Make a solution first that is as good or actually better then and only change it... I can't revert as i need this new crap to even be allowed in my mail...

Why do developers always ruin good things?.  Google, mozilla, microsoft all suffer from this nonsense.  change for the sake of change and it orly gets worse and you need more clicks for the same freaking task or setting. If thats ytour end result you are doing a bad job. A change should be less clicks or the same clicks or should not be a thing at all.

Next time before you make a single change ask yourself is this less productive  if yes then DON'T DO IT...

[Agentvirtuel]

Hello

Maybe

Thunderbird Add-on Database Analysis https://thunderbird.github.io/add-on-reports
Mark Button https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/addon/mark-button ?

If you wish to try
Installing an Add-on in Thunderbird https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/installing-addon-thunderbird
Enter the add-on's name Mark Button or enough of it to limit the search results returned to a manageable number and press Enter or click the magnifying glass icon.

Or

Keyboard shortcuts - perform common Thunderbird tasks quickly ?
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-thunderbird

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