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How to make an email being edited be what I see, actively on top, when shifting programs in stead of the main window.

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Lennart Mogren
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When I edit an email I see that email's window. Maybe I need to find a link in a browser and deactivate Thunderbird, leaving the email window open. When I reactivate Thinderbird to continue editing my email, the window I get is the main window and not the email window. So, I will have to find the email window that is now hiding behind the open windows on my screen. The natural way would be to retrieve the email window that I am editing when I leave the browser and reactivate Thunderbird, not the main window with the inbox etcetera.

Once I start editing a new email I think it should be automatically saved in the Draft folder as untitled. If I don't want to keep it, erasing it is very easy.

Best Lennart Mogren

When I edit an email I see that email's window. Maybe I need to find a link in a browser and deactivate Thunderbird, leaving the email window open. When I reactivate Thinderbird to continue editing my email, the window I get is the main window and not the email window. So, I will have to find the email window that is now hiding behind the open windows on my screen. The natural way would be to retrieve the email window that I am editing when I leave the browser and reactivate Thunderbird, not the main window with the inbox etcetera. Once I start editing a new email I think it should be automatically saved in the Draft folder as untitled. If I don't want to keep it, erasing it is very easy. Best Lennart Mogren

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With Windows, this is much easier because hovering on the taskbar icon displays thumbnails of any open windows. Perhaps you would benefit from an OS X utility that enhances the taskbar:

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/43723/windows-style-taskbar-functionality-in-os-x

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sfhowes
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With Windows, this is much easier because hovering on the taskbar icon displays thumbnails of any open windows. Perhaps you would benefit from an OS X utility that enhances the taskbar:

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/43723/windows-style-taskbar-functionality-in-os-x