thunderbird adding a view column

by: mtz1of4Posted on 2008-10-06 at 05:02:22ID: 22649083

Before you start creating something you might not need, have you checked (when in the mailbox folder of your choice) in the View->Sort By to see if your Customized view has already been set as an option?

by: mtz1of4Posted on 2008-10-06 at 05:49:52ID: 22649375

According to http://kb.mozillazine.org/Message-list_columns
you can install this add-on and it may do what you desire.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2516

by: Ajay-SinghPosted on 2008-10-06 at 09:12:07ID: 22651589

> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2516
I tried that. It doesn't do what I need. It just changes the message display pane to show extra headers.

May be I was not clear earlier...
I want to add the custom headers (outside the predefined ones) as one of the columns on the message view pane and I want to sort by that too...

by: mtz1of4Posted on 2008-10-06 at 12:30:40ID: 22653514

I understand. I cannot help showing the custom headers, because I don't know how to.

Sorry if I wasted your time. Perhaps someone else can help you on this one.

Maybe this page will help,
http://developer.mozilla.org/En/Extensions/Thunderbird
specifically
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/Extensions/Thunderbird/Creating_a_Custom_Column

by: Ajay-SinghPosted on 2008-10-07 at 07:41:43ID: 22659847

mtz1of4,

The links you have given is very informative. I have written the overylay and js. Unfortunately, its not working. Can you check and let me know if everything is ok here?

xul file:
 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
 
<overlay xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
	xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul">
	<script src="a.js"/>
	
	<!--
	<stringbundle id="bundle_fpse" src="chrome://global/locale/fpse.properties"/>
	-->
	
	<tree id="threadTree">
		<treecols id="threadCols">
			<splitter class="tree-splitter"/>
			<treecol id="colReplyTo" persist="hidden ordinal width"
				currentView="unthreaded" flex="2" label="Reply-To"
				tooltiptext="Click to sort by the Reply-To header"/>
		</treecols>
	</tree>
</overlay>
 
 
 
 
------------------------------------------a.js--------------------------------------
var columnHandler = {
   getCellText:         function(row, col) {
      //get the message's header so that we can extract the reply to field
      var key = gDBView.getKeyAt(row);
      var hdr = gDBView.db.GetMsgHdrForKey(key);
      
      return hdr.getStringProperty("replyTo");
   },
   getSortStringForRow: function(hdr) {return hdr.getStringProperty("replyTo");},
   isString:            function() {return true;},
 
   getCellProperties:   function(row, col, props){},
   getRowProperties:    function(row, props){},
   getImageSrc:         function(row, col) {return null;},
   getSortLongForRow:   function(hdr) {return 0;}
}
 
//gDBView.addColumnHandler("colReplyTo", columnHandler);
 
window.addEventListener("load", doOnceLoaded, false);
alert("Started");
 
function doOnceLoaded() {
  var ObserverService = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/observer-service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIObserverService);
  ObserverService.addObserver(CreateDbObserver, "MsgCreateDBView", false);
}
 
var CreateDbObserver = {
  // Components.interfaces.nsIObserver
  observe: function(aMsgFolder, aTopic, aData)
  {  
     addCustomColumnHandler();
  }
}
function addCustomColumnHandler() {
   gDBView.addColumnHandler("colReplyTo", columnHandler);
}

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by: mtz1of4Posted on 2008-10-09 at 15:52:21ID: 22683184

Sorry, Ajay-Singh,

I don't know how to read code. Perhaps these guys over at this forum may be of assistance.
Either
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=50 or
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=54

by: Ajay-SinghPosted on 2008-10-15 at 01:56:32ID: 22718966

Sure, I was wondering if somebody else from this forum can help me out on this?

by: CharlieLPosted on 2009-10-06 at 12:07:06ID: 25508601

Sorry I'm a latecomer on this, but I encountered this thread while trying to solve the same problem. If I understand the problem correctly, I have now found a much simpler solution. My Thunderbird is v2.0, and there is a button on the far right of the column headings whose tool tip is "Click to select columns to display."

by: mtz1of4Posted on 2009-10-07 at 10:08:45ID: 25517592

Sorry CharlieL, he wanted to create a Custom Header and sort by it, not one of the predefined one.

I want to add the custom headers (outside the predefined ones) as one of the columns on the message view pane and I want to sort by that too...

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