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Re: Add user button to Mail message title bar?
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Re: Add user button to Mail message title bar?


  • Subject: Re: Add user button to Mail message title bar?
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 17:52:18 +1100

On 19 Mar 2015, at 5:36 pm, DaveC <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> From what I read one can use Applescript and Xcode to create quite sophisticated applications.

Yep.
>
> But I’m looking to do something a bit simpler (?). I’d like to add “previous message” and “next message” buttons at the top of all message windows. that would close the current message and open the next or previous one.

Simpler is in the eye of the beholder on this one. Writing an app is one thing; making changes to another app is something else entirely. Think about the security implications if it were simple.
>
> Is this something that would be straightforward to do using the tools mentioned? (Note the absence of the term “easy”…)

No. Plugins can be written for Mail, but they require Objective-C and are far from simple. They also tend to break and need re-working with every Mail update. That said, there are some brave souls writing them, so you might want to see if what you want is available.

Even without the problem of the buttons, I'm not sure AppleScript can get you close.


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Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
<www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/>


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