Add-ons
Reply Position per Recipient 1.0.0
by Nico D.
Places the writing area above or below the quote depending on the recipient, where Thunderbird only offers a per-identity setting.
About this Add-on
This extension allows you to choose whether your reply appears above or below the quoted text, depending on the recipient.
A rule links an address or domain to a position.
For example: when you reply to camille@example.com, your reply appears below the quote, whilst for all others it appears above it.
When you open a reply window, the first address in the ‘To’ field determines the behaviour. The resolution ranges from the exact address to its domain, then to a default position, which is ‘Do not change anything’: if no rule matches, Thunderbird’s usual behaviour remains unchanged.
A button in the compose toolbar opens a panel showing where the reply is currently positioned. Select the other position and the quote block moves – as many times as you like; a single Ctrl+Z puts it back in place. This same panel offers the option to save your choice – for this contact or for their entire domain – to quickly set up your rules: you don’t even need to open the options page to add one.
The rules are stored in the extension’s own storage. The address book is neither read nor modified; the extension does not make any network requests of any kind, and no data leaves your computer.
If your account is set to ‘select quote’ rather than a specific position, the composition window opens without any text input fields. Where a rule applies, this extension creates a line and places the cursor there, which preserves the quote rather than letting it disappear when you start typing. This is a deliberate change to the usual behaviour, and it only affects correspondents covered by a rule.
Thunderbird 140 or later. HTML replies, plain text replies and forwards embedded in the body of the message.
A rule links an address or domain to a position.
For example: when you reply to camille@example.com, your reply appears below the quote, whilst for all others it appears above it.
When you open a reply window, the first address in the ‘To’ field determines the behaviour. The resolution ranges from the exact address to its domain, then to a default position, which is ‘Do not change anything’: if no rule matches, Thunderbird’s usual behaviour remains unchanged.
A button in the compose toolbar opens a panel showing where the reply is currently positioned. Select the other position and the quote block moves – as many times as you like; a single Ctrl+Z puts it back in place. This same panel offers the option to save your choice – for this contact or for their entire domain – to quickly set up your rules: you don’t even need to open the options page to add one.
The rules are stored in the extension’s own storage. The address book is neither read nor modified; the extension does not make any network requests of any kind, and no data leaves your computer.
If your account is set to ‘select quote’ rather than a specific position, the composition window opens without any text input fields. Where a rule applies, this extension creates a line and places the cursor there, which preserves the quote rather than letting it disappear when you start typing. This is a deliberate change to the usual behaviour, and it only affects correspondents covered by a rule.
Thunderbird 140 or later. HTML replies, plain text replies and forwards embedded in the body of the message.
