The toolbar can not be edited

[Dave Mann]

After install and establishing email accounts, the top bar can't be changed. There is no "edit" function to add, delete or move the various icons.

Kernel: 4.15.0-69-generic x86_64 bits: 64
           Desktop: Gnome 3.28.4 Distro: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS

[Kimiko-w (kimiko-w)]

Version: 2.10.x

RFE: allow toolbar customization

Distribution: Ubuntu 7.04 (feisty)
Gnome Release: 2.17.5 2007-01-09 (Ubuntu)
BugBuddy Version: 2.17.3

[Jakub 'Livio' Rusinek (liviopl-pl)]

This bug is still actuall.

[Andre Klapper (a9016009)]

*** Bug 500577 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[N-web (n-web)]

*** Bug 593948 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Bohuslav Roztočil (bohuslavroztocil)]

Still actual, version 3.20.4. And it's not a "low enhancement", I believe.

[j. william cupp (jwilliamcupp)]

I agree the problem still exists v3.20.5. Most applications allow local configuration of the toolbar. Seems like Evolution hard codes the tool bar and does not recognize local GNOME or GTK settings.

[medeoTL (fasiellon)]

Already exist on 3.26.4 on Fedora.
I added this comment to help other with a work around: simply edit the file /usr/share/evolution/ui/evolution-mail-reader.ui and change the toolbar according to your taste.
Still hope we'll get in future a better (graphical) way to do this.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, we cannot work on this bug because your description didn't include enough information. You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem.

We have instructions on debugging some types of problems at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures.

At a minimum, we need:
1. The specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem.
2. The behavior you expected.
3. The behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as possible).
Thanks!

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Would be useful if you can include a screenshot of the UI, the component you reported the bug against is a service and has no user visible element nor top bar...

[Dave Mann (cwo4mann)]

Here is a screen shot of the top of Evolution in full screen mode. Notice that there are no icons or the ability to right-click the mouse to reveal a "menu change,add or remove" capability like Thunderbird.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks, it's about evolution then, reassigning to the right component

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

It has been requested upstream as well, see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=396416

[Dave Mann (cwo4mann)]

I am not able to see where I would change -ui to give an "edit" icon to the existing toolbar.

Code:

<ui evolution-ui-version="1.0">
  <menubar name='main-menu'>
    <menu action='file-menu'>
      <placeholder name='file-actions'>
        <menuitem action='mail-save-as'/>
      </placeholder>
      <placeholder name='print-actions'>
        <menuitem action='mail-print-preview'/>
        <menuitem action='mail-print'/>
      </placeholder>
    </menu>
    <menu action='edit-menu'>
      <placeholder name='selection-actions'/>
      <separator/>
      <placeholder name='edit-actions'>
        <menuitem action='mail-delete'/>
        <menuitem action='mail-undelete'/>
        <separator/>
        <menuitem action='mail-find'/>
      </placeholder>
    </menu>
    <menu action='view-menu'>
      <separator/>
      <placeholder name='mail-message-list-actions'/>
      <separator/>
      <placeholder name='mail-message-view-actions'>
        <menuitem action='mail-load-images'/>
        <menuitem action='mail-show-all-headers'/>
        <menuitem action='mail-caret-mode'/>
        <menuitem action='mail-show-source'/>
        <menu action='mail-zoom-menu'>
          <menuitem action='mail-zoom-in'/>
          <menuitem action='mail-zoom-out'/>
          <menuitem action='mail-zoom-100'/>
        </menu>
        <separator/>
        <menu action='mail-encoding-menu'>
          <menuitem action='mail-charset-default'/>
          <separator/>
        </menu>
      </placeholder>
    </menu>
    <placeholder name='custom-menus'>
      <menu action='mail-message-menu'>
        <menuitem action='mail-message-new'/>
        <menuitem action='mail-message-open'/>
        <menuitem action='mail-message-edit'/>
        <menuitem action='mail-add-sender'/>
        <separator/>
        <menu action='mail-goto-menu'>
          <menuitem action='mail-next'/>
          <menuitem action='mail-next-unread'/>
          <menuitem action='mail-next-important'/>
          <menuitem action='mail-next-thread'/>
          <separator/>
          <menuitem action='mail-previous'/>
          <menuitem action='mail-previous-unread'/>
          <menuitem action='mail-previous-important'/>
          <menuitem action='mail-previous-thread'/>
        </menu>
        <menuitem action='mail-reply-sender'/>
        <menuitem action='mail-reply-list'/>
        <menuitem action='mail-reply-all'/>
        <menuitem action='mail-forward'/>
        <menu action='mail-forward-as-menu'>
          <menuitem action='mail-forward-attached'/>
          <menuitem action='mail-forward-inline'/>
          <menuitem action='mail-forward-quoted'/>
          <separator/>
          <menuitem action='mail-redirect'/>
        </menu>
        <separator/>
        <menuitem action='mail-copy'/>
        <menuitem action='mail-move'/>
        <menuitem action='mail-archive'/>
        <separator/>
        <menu action='mail-mark-as-menu'>
          <menuitem action="mail-mark-read"/>
          <menuitem action="mail-mark-unread"/>
          <separator/>
          <menuitem action="mail-mark-important"/>
          <menuitem action="mail-mark-unimportant"/>
          <separator/>
          <menuitem action...

[Andre Klapper (a9016009)]

The tool bar can be edited but not in some graphical way, see "Help

[Andre Klapper (a9016009)]

The tool bar can be edited but not in some graphical way, see "Help 🡒 Contents 🡒 Customizing tool bar and menu items" in Evolution itself.

[Andre Klapper (a9016009)]

GNOME is going to shut down bugzilla.gnome.org in favor of gitlab.gnome.org.
As part of that, we are mass-closing older open tickets in bugzilla.gnome.org (resources are unfortunately quite limited so not every ticket can get handled).

If you can still reproduce the situation described in this ticket in a recent
and supported software version, then please follow
  https://wiki.gnome.org/Community/GettingInTouch/BugReportingGuidelines
and create a new enhancement request ticket at
  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/issues/

Thank you for your understanding and your help.