Thanks a lot. In my Thunderbird version 60.6.1, the name of the option has changed to "Use Paragraph format instead of Body Text by default", but it is the same procedure. If you have the "Write" window open, need to close it once and open again to apply the changes.
I see the checkbox, but it no longer seems to do anything at all as of 102. God, Thunderbird is such a rickety shambolic mess of a program on every level. Nothing in it is ever more than semi-functional at best.
I loved this video. You did not waste any time. You spoke clearly and coherently. You immediately explained and showed in clearly in your video. Thank you very, very much. I now get rid of that GD double FKing spacing BS that some moron thought would be a good idea to turn on in Thunderbird without asking the user first. Thank you, thank you! I hope you made more tech videos because I like your style.
Thank you so much. My version isn't as intuitive - the box says "Use Paragraph format instead of body text by default". I can relax now. Thank you again!
I recently moved to a new mac and had this same issue. As Din Vision pointed out below they've moved it around a little. I'm using Thunderbird version 91 and you can fix it by going to global preferences, then composition, and un-select "use paragraph format instead of body text by default".
I'm using Thunderbird 102 due to the new security requirements (OAuth2) and Thunderbird 91 does not have the option to import profiles from Thunderbird (56), but 102 does have this option and it worked great. However, on this crazy double-spacing; whether the box you refer to is checked or unchecked, when I type the word "test", then return; the first line it will be single spaced. Any lines afterwards are all double spaced and I can find nowhere to change that. Don't know if you're on a new version or not to have figured this out. Thanks!
Thanks, I don't understand why people make videos like that. They first open with the camera on themselves, talk about nothing for 2 minutes. Get overly detailed about why it's okay that you couldn't figure it out by yourself. and then ask you to subscribe. :)
That's what I needed. Why thunderbird programmers made that a default I will never know, if I want a double space I am capable of pressing the enter key twice ffs.
Have been living with the double line issue for years and finally decided to look into it and what do you know! You post up the latest 'how to' less than 24 hours ago. Many thanks!
I don't have that check box available under options/composition. Mine looks exactly the same but that option is missing. This is driving me nuts... Any thoughts?
one year late, but shift+enter does the job. :D There are 2 more solutions, 1st is updating your browser and 2nd, if you don't wanna upgrade thunderbird, you can go to configfiles and search for 'PARAGRAPH' somewhere and toggle it from true to false.
Help! Is there any way to make this change in Thunderbird 102? The option mentioned in this video is now under Tools/Settings/Composition (totally different layout from this video, but there) and it doesn't change anything. Going to account settings/composition/global settings, and this doesn't change anything either. Go into Tools/Settings/Config Editor/Paragraph and change the two options that come up does nothing either. Thunderbird 102 single spaces from the 1st to the 2nd line, but double spaces everything after that. Shift/Enter does work, but that's such an "unnatural" task from everything else we do on a computer. Thanks in advance!
No BS, no 20 seconds intro, straight to the point. Thanks.
Thanks
This has been driving me mad for months.
Thanks a lot. In my Thunderbird version 60.6.1, the name of the option has changed to "Use Paragraph format instead of Body Text by default", but it is the same procedure. If you have the "Write" window open, need to close it once and open again to apply the changes.
Perfect...thank you.
I see the checkbox, but it no longer seems to do anything at all as of 102. God, Thunderbird is such a rickety shambolic mess of a program on every level. Nothing in it is ever more than semi-functional at best.
Straight and simple solution to a thing which was literally driving me mad. Thank you.
Dear fellow computer user. Thanks a lot for this instruction! People like you are golden
Thanks for this. Simple fix when you know where to click.
Thank you very much! That has been driving me crazy for a long time.
I loved this video. You did not waste any time. You spoke clearly and coherently. You immediately explained and showed in clearly in your video. Thank you very, very much. I now get rid of that GD double FKing spacing BS that some moron thought would be a good idea to turn on in Thunderbird without asking the user first. Thank you, thank you! I hope you made more tech videos because I like your style.
Thank you so much. My version isn't as intuitive - the box says "Use Paragraph format instead of body text by default". I can relax now. Thank you again!
I recently moved to a new mac and had this same issue. As Din Vision pointed out below they've moved it around a little. I'm using Thunderbird version 91 and you can fix it by going to global preferences, then composition, and un-select "use paragraph format instead of body text by default".
I'm using Thunderbird 102 due to the new security requirements (OAuth2) and Thunderbird 91 does not have the option to import profiles from Thunderbird (56), but 102 does have this option and it worked great. However, on this crazy double-spacing; whether the box you refer to is checked or unchecked, when I type the word "test", then return; the first line it will be single spaced. Any lines afterwards are all double spaced and I can find nowhere to change that. Don't know if you're on a new version or not to have figured this out. Thanks!
props on not making a 12 minute video out of this
Thanks, I don't understand why people make videos like that. They first open with the camera on themselves, talk about nothing for 2 minutes. Get overly detailed about why it's okay that you couldn't figure it out by yourself. and then ask you to subscribe. :)
I know this is 3 years late but THANK YOU SO MUCH
Thank you... helpful. Oh and greetings from England.
Thanks bra !
Short and to the point video. Kudos for that
Thank you! Still works in 2023
That's what I needed. Why thunderbird programmers made that a default I will never know, if I want a double space I am capable of pressing the enter key twice ffs.
This option seems to have been removed in recent versions.
Thanks, this was driving me nuts. I never did anything to turn it on but it's off now.
Tools>Options>General>Composition - Uncheck the option 'Use Paragraph format instead of Body Text by default'
Excellent, straight to the point.
Goddamnit thank you!
2023: uncheck "Use Paragraph format instead of Body Text by default" then restart Thunderbird to allow the changes to take effect.
Have been living with the double line issue for years and finally decided to look into it and what do you know! You post up the latest 'how to' less than 24 hours ago. Many thanks!
Shift + Enter actually works too
Thanks, great tip - the tick box shown in the video does not show on my version of Thunderbird but pressing 'shift + enter' worked for me.
@@jmysflix maybe an update? :)
Thanks for a great video that solved my problem.
I don't have that check box available under options/composition. Mine looks exactly the same but that option is missing. This is driving me nuts... Any thoughts?
one year late, but shift+enter does the job. :D
There are 2 more solutions, 1st is updating your browser and 2nd, if you don't wanna upgrade thunderbird, you can go to configfiles and search for 'PARAGRAPH' somewhere and toggle it from true to false.
Edit>Settings>Composition - Uncheck "Use Paragraph ..."
Help! Is there any way to make this change in Thunderbird 102? The option mentioned in this video is now under Tools/Settings/Composition (totally different layout from this video, but there) and it doesn't change anything. Going to account settings/composition/global settings, and this doesn't change anything either. Go into Tools/Settings/Config Editor/Paragraph and change the two options that come up does nothing either. Thunderbird 102 single spaces from the 1st to the 2nd line, but double spaces everything after that. Shift/Enter does work, but that's such an "unnatural" task from everything else we do on a computer. Thanks in advance!
Edit>Settings>Composition - Uncheck "Use Paragraph ..."
@@petreinysilhan227 now this setting is no longer available. how do you change it now?
@@RonHollingsworth Version 102.4.2 (64-bit) still works the same.
The issue seems to be back, and that tick box doesn't seem to resolve the issue. :(
thanks a lot!
3-7-2023
Outdated. It's no longer under "Composition". I found it under "HTML Style", the third section down.
That would be very helpful except it is out date. There is no "Tools, Options" in the current version of Thunderbird (91.5.0).
It's under account settings/composition/global settings. However, on Thunderbird 102 it doesn't change anything whether that box is checked or not.
Edit>Settings>Composition - Uncheck "Use Paragraph ..."
this option doesn't seam to be on the newer version I have ?
Edit>Settings>Composition - Uncheck "Use Paragraph ..."
Thanks so much. Hate this paragraph mode shit.
none of the previous suggestions work.
This no longer works in 2022.
Edit>Settings>Composition - Uncheck "Use Paragraph ..."