Tabbed browsing of emails

[Mer0me]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
No

Describe the solution you'd like
I would like to be able to open mail in new tab with middle click rather than in the right panel

Describe alternatives you've considered
Open snappy mail in multiple tabs, but it's not very smooth

Additional context
No additional context

[the-djmaze]

It's not perfect, but this change opens the mail in a new window.
I don't like my current solution, but a better one is only possible with a much bigger code change.

[Mer0me]

I'm not familiar with node.js so I don't know how to test that, but your reactivity is awesome. Thank you very much for your work.

[the-djmaze]

I'm not familiar with node.js so I don't know how to test that

Try https://snappymail.eu/demo/ (i've put the code there)

but your reactivity is awesome. Thank you very much for your work.

Thank you

[Mer0me]

Ok, it works, but it's the text/html version of the message, so you cannot interact with the message in the new opened tab (reply, delete, forward...). I think it's useless as the functionality already exists in the context menu of a message.
Some of our Outlook users are using multiple composition windows at a time, or they are opening multiple mails waiting for a reply, for example.

[ervee]

I think this is too much to ask for from a simple (but snappy!) webmail client. If you need to (keep) open multiple emails at a time, just install a proper IMAP mail client. Or use drafts. Or perhaps open multiple tabs in your browser although I have not tested how well that works :)

Just my 2ct,

[the-djmaze]

Now i understand what you want.
I agree with @ervee but...
I have some draft code to put message uid in url to improve browsing flow.
https://github.com/the-djmaze/snappymail/commits/message-routing
This could be used to open message in browser tab.
But the code is still unstable due to current code of messagelist.

This would be possible in the future.
However, every tab would currently double the strain on resources of the server.

I think it's useless as the functionality already exists in the context menu of a message.

Not really, it could be the base for more interaction between the tabs.

[Mer0me]

Message uid in url should be a good start. It opens the door to links to e-mail from the nextcloud search engine or other apps...

[the-djmaze]

The system now can open a message instantly because of Nextcloud search.

But because opening the full message in seperate tab is way too big for a code change, i will close this ticket.