Comment 45 for bug 10883

(In reply to comment #23)
> (In reply to comment #22)
> > Sometimes I need to compose in html and there is no way to it.
>
> There is, actually -- holding down shift while clicking the Write or Reply
> buttons will toggle the compose mode for the new window -- if you normally
> compose plain, it will open an HTML mail window, and vice versa. (Also works
> for the Forward button if you are setup to forward as attachment; forward inline
> causes the shift to be ignored.) No equivalent exists for Edit As New.
>
>
> But that's just a workaround. It would of course be more flexible if there were
> a way to toggle the compose mode once the compose window has opened. One
> drawback is that toggling from HTML mode to plain mode will lose any formatting
> (per Scott's comment 2), and if you toggle accidentally, toggling back will give
> you just the basic conversion without restoring the formatting. I suppose it
> could be made Undo-able.

Sorry, just tried this, forwarding a message to another of my email accounts. While it *DID* bring up an HTML formatting window, the mail was sent *plaintext* only. So not only does this not work, it fools you into thinking it does.

So I think it will need to be an intentional override button, just to nudge the programme into realizing it *does* have to do something different with this particular message.