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"Mark" button no longer toggles

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In the newest version of Thunderbird the ability to toggle the read/unread status via the "Mark" button has gone away. The Mark button now summons a drop down menu of options.

I use my mail to enter customer orders. I open a letter and copy the data to my order screen, then I mark the letter as read. I've been doing this for years. Now I hit the button and nothing happens.

I know I can use the tiny green dots in the header row as a toggle but they are difficult to target because of size and when the header is highlighted they are no longer green. I know there is a keyboard shortcut but I'm a one-finger typist and that means I have to look down at my keyboard and find the "M". I really want to do this as a mouse action.

Is there any way to turn a keyboard shortcut into a button?

Or to modify the "Mark" button to restore the toggle function?

I can't seem to stop myself from pressing the Mark button just once and then becoming distracted because the read status doesn't toggle.

In the newest version of Thunderbird the ability to toggle the read/unread status via the "Mark" button has gone away. The Mark button now summons a drop down menu of options. I use my mail to enter customer orders. I open a letter and copy the data to my order screen, then I mark the letter as read. I've been doing this for years. Now I hit the button and nothing happens. I know I can use the tiny green dots in the header row as a toggle but they are difficult to target because of size and when the header is highlighted they are no longer green. I know there is a keyboard shortcut but I'm a one-finger typist and that means I have to look down at my keyboard and find the "M". I really want to do this as a mouse action. Is there any way to turn a keyboard shortcut into a button? Or to modify the "Mark" button to restore the toggle function? I can't seem to stop myself from pressing the Mark button just once and then becoming distracted because the read status doesn't toggle.

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The M key toggles between read and unread here, with TB 115.