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.

Sanjay Sheth · Answer 1 · 2012-05-04 18:11:52Z

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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

answered Jul 20 '11 at 23:04

	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. – Ezus May 2 at 14:25
	Ahh .. good catch on the filename. I'm updating my answer. – Sanjay Sheth May 4 at 18:11

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