Comment 19 for bug 772845

John:

Hey - so here's the problem with the QuickList:

In order for the QuickList entry to appear (and to exist even when TB is not running) a .desktop entry needs to be written in just the right spot. Unfortunately, this text-file business is the only way to go here.

The method I had used to locate/write that .desktop file was really fragile, and I haven't come up with a better solution yet. What's likely to happen is that, at some point, the Canonical developers will add the appropriate entries to the .desktop files.

If you'd like to add the QuickList entries yourself on your machine, find the .desktop file associated with your version of Thunderbird, then add this to the bottom of it:

X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=Compose;Contacts

[Compose Shortcut Group]
Name=Compose a New Message
Exec=thunderbird -compose
TargetEnvironment=Unity

[Contacts Shortcut Group]
Name=Contacts
Exec=thunderbird -addressbook
TargetEnvironment=Unity

Hope that helps!

-Mike