Comment 179 for bug 1084

(In reply to comment #87)
> Version 2.0 of headerScroll [*] works in Thunderbird 1.5 and seems to fix this
> issue. Could I ask what is the drawback? Thanks.
>
> [*] http://www.cweiske.de/misc_extensions.htm#headerScroll
>

I've tried the headerScroll extension and it works well. The only "drawback" (or rather, a feature request) is that the scrolling should be available for "View->Headers->Normal" too. Right now the extension works only if "Headers" is set to "All". My issue with TB not having a scroll bar here is that when the recipient list is long and it's expanded using the "flippy triangle", the recipient list is also truncated to the size of the window and there's no way to read the recipient list or the message!

If the headerScroll extension is modified to allow the user to have a scroll bar with normal headers, it would be helpful to scroll through a long list of recipients. Then we wouldn't have to wait for a fix in TB for this issue. Maybe you could provide an option to enable the scroll bars on:
1. Full headers
2. Full and Normal headers
3. None

Thanks!