Thunderbird 3: show total number of items in folder?

In Thunderbird 3, is it possible to show the total number of items in a folder, rather than just the number of unread items?

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Charles Roper

Posted 2009-10-12T15:53:20.953

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Answers

In TB38, this is again standard functionality but hidden in :
View => Layout => Folder Pane Columns.

harrymc

Posted 2009-10-12T15:53:20.953

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Thanks for sharing this updated answer, most of the other answers are now completely out of date, and the Extra Folder Columns add-on is currently not compatible with TB38.2 (and given this in-built functionality might never be updated). – Webel IT Australia – 2015-09-30T08:26:50.647

I just wanted to let others know that the correct location in TB 38.2 is Options -> Layout -> Folder Pane Columns. I can't reply to @harrymc to correct. – boardtc – 2015-10-15T21:48:30.370

@boardtc: Tools->Options has nothing to do with it. – harrymc – 2015-10-16T05:45:15.117

first hit on google so even the question is for TB3, here is the place in Thunderbird 60.6.1: Preferences => Layout => Folder Pane Columns – chloesoe – 2019-05-11T17:50:31.547

For Thunderbird 3, it appears that you need an extension, see the mozillaZine article, Expanded columns in folders pane:

Install the Extra Folder Columns add-on. This will add a small square control at the right end of the column headers in the folder pane. You may need to disable version checking or edit the version it supports to install it.

Click on that control and select Unread, Total, and/or Size.

Neal

Posted 2009-10-12T15:53:20.953

Reputation: 8 447

I can add the "total" and "Unread" columns using this extension, but they display blank (after each email), and I don't get an unread or total number next to the folder. What am I missing? - nevermind, I see that you can add columnns to the folder pane as well as the message list pane. – Brent – 2010-08-02T15:08:10.733

Thanks for the tip. I do wish there was a way to add it TB3 style in the parens after the folder name, would be cleaner and take less space. – studgeek – 2012-01-24T01:05:29.690

http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13501/links-to-urls-containing-parentheses – John Smithers – 2009-10-28T11:42:18.213

There's a direct link to the add-in here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/9716

Note, I had to download the .xpi file, open it in 7zip, edit the install.rdf and change maxVersion to 3.0b5pre.

– Charles Roper – 2009-10-29T10:25:56.997

Still works for current Thunderbird, without tweaking. – krlmlr – 2013-04-20T23:29:26.513

See the Number of Messages in the Mozilla Thunderbird Folder List

To display the number of emails (both unread and in toto) for each folder in the Mozilla Thunderbird folder list:

Select Tool | Options... (or Thunderbird | Preferences... if you use a Mac) from the menu in Mozilla Thunderbird.
Go to the Advanced category.
Open the General tab.
Make sure Show expanded columns in the folder pane is checked.
Close the configuration dialog.
Click the table icon in the folder pane (next to the Name header).
Click Unread, Total and Size so that a checkbox appears next to all the columns you want to see.

Source

In a short way ;)

First go to “Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> General Settings”, and check the box for “Show expanded columns in the folder pane.” Click “OK”. This will cause a small drop-down marker to appear in the top-right corner of the folders pane.
By clicking on this drop-down marker, you can then select Unread, Total, and/or Size to be displayed.

joe

Posted 2009-10-12T15:53:20.953

Reputation: 11 615

1There is no such option in Thunderbird 3 :-( – None – 2010-01-27T12:06:21.203

In Thunderbird 3.1.13 under Ubuntu 11.04, it shows the total number of messages in a folder in the very lower right corner (when you have clicked on the folder).