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    Clipped inbox headers
    « on: February 10, 2018, 11:26:36 AM »
    Good evening.  Am having trouble getting my inbox headers unclipped.

    As you can see from the attachment, many of the headers have been truncated, as the  wording on the right of the header is incomplete.

    When I open  any one of the headers, I can see the complete header and the complete text in the message, so NO PROBLEM THERE.

    However, it is annoying to open the inbox and find that there are clipped headers in the list of gmails received.

    In my attempts to find a solution online I did not get anywhere, presumably because I wasn't making myself clear enough. 

    Could you kindly help?

    My usual thanks for your patience.

    Joe Busuttil (Guzeppi)

    P.S.  I am on Windows 10, I sue a laptop, and Gmail.


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    Re: Clipped inbox headers
    « Reply #1 on: February 10, 2018, 11:50:49 AM »
    GMAIL
    • Log in to your Gmail account.
    • Open the message you want to view headers for.
    • Click the Down arrow next to the Reply button, located at the top right of the message pane.
    • Select Show Original.

    However i think you're already aware of this...
    I found no option to make the Inbox headears expanded....shame on Google.
    " Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined. "

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    Re: Clipped inbox headers
    « Reply #2 on: February 10, 2018, 02:37:11 PM »
    I guess Google assume there is enough of the header info shown for the user to make a call on whether they want to open that email or delete it.
    If you cant widen that column, what about decreasing the zoom factor.
    Hit Ctrl and - a couple of times and see if you can live with smaller text.  (Ctrl & + zooms in)

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    Re: Clipped inbox headers
    « Reply #3 on: February 10, 2018, 03:31:50 PM »
    Doesn't change amount of text shown...
    " Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined. "

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    Re: Clipped inbox headers
    « Reply #4 on: February 10, 2018, 09:25:56 PM »
    Ah, there you go then.
    Typical Google. :)

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    Re: Clipped inbox headers
    « Reply #5 on: February 10, 2018, 09:29:01 PM »
    As i said...shame on them.
    " Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined. "

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    Re: Clipped inbox headers
    « Reply #6 on: February 11, 2018, 12:54:01 AM »
    Confusion here, I thinK? In email terms, those aren't "headers", they are "subject lines". Gmail doesn't know what font size your browser is set to. You will see more of the subject lines if you adjust the browser zoom level (hold down Ctrl key and press - and + keys, or hold down Ctrl key and roll the scroll wheel on your mouse backward or forward). Or you set the browser fonts size in its options.





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      Re: Clipped inbox headers
      « Reply #7 on: February 11, 2018, 10:27:28 AM »
      Thank you again, not least for your prompt reply, and for letting me know the correct term for email "headers".

      Your method worked well when I used the Ctrl button and the mouse wheel.

      It would appear that I had been making the mistake of highlighting the Subject Lines when using the Ctrl button and the mouse.

      If you don't mind, I am attaching three images to clarify my problem further.

      Image 1  shows the Subject Lines shrunk to size and showing the whole text of every line. But how to enlarge the font size to make the wording more comfortable to read?

      Image 2  shows what happens when I very slightly enlarge the lines by scrolling. (On the right of the line the wording is clipped).

      Image 3 shows the reply you sent me, where the problem mentioned above does not occur.  I can zoom in and out of this image without losing anything of the text.

      Kind regards.

      Joe Busuttil (Guzeppi)


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