When FORWARDING, %quotePlaceholder% doesn't position forwarded mail text correctly

[mbeeby]

The following template doesn't work as I understand it should:

<b>This text comes before the quotePlaceholder</b> %quotePlaceholder% %cursor% <b>This text comes after the quotePlaceholder</b>

Result, however, shows quoted text AFTER "This text comes after the quotePlaceholder":

[RealRaven2000]

I found the cause of the problem - apparently there is no special code of treating the forwarded mail "as a quote". Since there is no <blockquote> element nothing can be found to be moved into the position of the %quotePlaceholder% variable.

Original code from smartTemplate-compose.js:

  let quotePart = bodyEl.querySelector("blockquote[_moz_dirty]");
  if (quotePart) {
    .. process quoted portion...

Patched code:

    let quotePart = (st4composeType=='fwd') ?
	bodyEl.querySelector(".moz-forward-container") :
        bodyEl.querySelector("blockquote[_moz_dirty]");
    if (quotePart) {

Patched version to try out (Thunderbird 78 and later):
smartTemplate-fx-3.8pre169.zip

To try out this version, download the zip file and then drag said zip file into Thunderbird Add-ons Manager (do not unpack files).

[RealRaven2000]

Backported the bugfix into the legacy version (for Thunderbird 68):

smartTemplate-fx-2.17pre97.zip

To try out this version, download the zip file and then drag said zip file into Thunderbird Add-ons Manager (do not unpack files). Restart Thunderbird as usual.

[RealRaven2000]

Implemented in version 3.8 - please note that for Thunderbird 68 you have to install new versions from the github releases page.

Unfortunately thunderbird.net does not accept updates for legacy versions anymore - they only support the new "Mail extension" format and our "mail extension with experimental APIs" which is a workaround for missing advanced features.