[X4U] Apple Mail Queston

[Rod Buchanan]

On Apr 1, 2009, at 8:06 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:

> What is the point though?  You do it once, and then you don't have  
> to again.

The only time I want to use it is reading mailing lists.  Different  
strokes for different folks, I guess.

I did find an AppleScript that does it, just need to tie it to a key.   
Need to look into Quickisilver, since doing it in System Preferences -  
 > Keyboard Shortcuts doesn't seem to work.

> On Apr 1, 2009, at 1:40 PM, Rod Buchanan wrote:
>
>> On Apr 1, 2009, at 11:19 AM, Wendy S. Austin wrote:
>>
>>> On 01/04/2009, at 4:05 PM, Rod Buchanan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does anyone know of a keyboard shortcut or menu option to turn  
>>>> the preview pane on/off in Apple's Mail.app?  I've searched menus  
>>>> and help and can't find one.
>>>
>>> I hope I understand you correctly.   If you just drag that small  
>>> dot in the middle of the panes, you can get rid of the preview and  
>>> have a single page.   I thought there was a preference for it  
>>> somewhere but I cannot find it.
>>
>> I know about double-clicking or dragging the divider, I'm just  
>> wondering if there is way to do it w/o using the mouse.
>>
>> On a lark I fired up Script Editor and I see in Mail's dictionary
>>
>> 	preview pane is visible (boolean) : Controls whether the preview  
>> pane of the message viewer window is visible or not
>>
>> Maybe I could use AppleScript?  If so I'd appreciate help from any  
>> AppleScript guru's out there. :)
>>
>> -- 
>> Rod
>>
>> "I have a 72-hour rule. If I stay in Washington for more than 72  
>> hours, I have to bathe myself in the same stuff I use when one of  
>> my dogs gets into a fight with a skunk -- stuff to get the smell  
>> out."
>> -- Gov. Brian Schweitzer, Montana

-- 
Rod

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He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be  
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