How do I get Thunderbird to show the attachments expanded

Question

The latest update to Thunderbird email client shows the attachments under a separate panel. I'd like the panel to display expanded automatically.

How do I do that? It doesn't seem to be in the help files or the release notes.

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 21 '15 at 03:50

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Right-click on the attachment pane, and click "Initially Show Attachment Pane."

(The option was added in Thunderbird v24 and up.)

answered Jan 21 '15 at 03:50

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And it seems as if it this option was removed again. At least I can't find it in Thunderbird 38.7.0. – Andreas Apr 03 '16 at 17:42
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It's here in 45.8.0 and saved me when `userChrome.css` was ignored by TB – patricktokeeffe Apr 05 '17 at 20:31

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited May 12 '16 at 21:47

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This ability to change this through the UI has been removed in newer versions, but it still exists in about:config (Preferences > Advanced > General > Config Editor...)

Set mailnews.attachments.display.start_expanded to true

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answered May 12 '16 at 21:27

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Sanjay Sheth · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-04T18:11:52.913

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As per this writeup on the Attachment Pane Redesign on MozillaZine, you can add the following to userChrome.css to remove the attachment toggles:

#attachmentView > [collapsed="true"] {
  visibility: visible !important;
}

#attachmentToggle {
  display: none !important;
}

Edit: Corrected filename to userChrome.css

edited May 04 '12 at 18:11

answered Jul 20 '11 at 23:04

Sanjay Sheth

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Thanks. I ended up using the "Attachment Options" extension referenced in the article. – Brad Bruce Jul 21 '11 at 10:59
Sanjay- nice call, I used the code in your answer however you should note, the file and directory probably need to be created and the file name is not userContent.css (that has a different purpose) it is userChrome.css. – May 02 '12 at 14:25
Ahh .. good catch on the filename. I'm updating my answer. – Sanjay Sheth May 04 '12 at 18:11
PLEASE somebody update this for Thunderbird 10.0. I just spent 4 hours trying to figure this out, and google has failed me. – PyTis Aug 22 '22 at 19:58

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 06 '17 at 22:36

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In the version I have, 45.6.0, there is an option under the View tab to Display Attachments Inline that worked for me.

answered Jan 06 '17 at 22:36

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 14 '23 at 09:50

Since this question has been asked over 11 years ago, I'm sharing a solution for recent versions of Thunderbird. In my case, I'm referring to Thunderbird 102.11.0.

From the main menu, go to Tools > Settings. Alternatively, click on the gear icon in the bottom-left corner.
Go to the General tab (you should be there already) and scroll down until reaching the Config Editor button.

At this point, filter for the attachment attributes and set the properties mail.inline_attachments and mail.inline_attachments.text to true.

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 08 '21 at 06:34

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You can also go to Preferences > Advanced > General > Config Editor... and set mail.inline_attachments -> true

If you'd like to show attachments pane when composing new email, then set mail.compose.show_attachment_pane -> true

answered Oct 08 '21 at 06:34

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