How do I get Thunderbird to show the attachments expanded

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.

5 Answers

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

3

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

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

2

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

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

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

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