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[tomholub]

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[tomholub]

@michael-volynets You can do similar thing that we do for replies, with a little more standard intro line:

• Html content should be converted to text before being included in the quoted part
• hen quoted with On 2019-02-20 at 19:48 someone@hello.com wrote:
• and > on each line below

[tomholub]

Also, you should probably reuse the UX from quoted messages (pgp_block) on the bottom of the reply window as well, to mimic what Gmail is doing:

Clicking it will make it go away, and then I see the quoted content which I can remove or edit if I want.

[michael-volynets]

just to make sure,
If I correctly understood, I need to add 3 dots to the bottom of the reply box and after clicking on it, it should show previous message (with header line you wrote) that can be edited? (Like Gmail does)

[michael-volynets]

@tomholub I should let you know that this issue will take more time than I expected.
Because I need to handle replied messages along with drafts.
For Example, if I clicked reply button then the draft shouldn't be saved immediately, it should be saved only when I clicked on those 3 dots or typed something, and it should be saved along with the quoted replied message in the end.
Then when I opened a draft again, I need to check if there is a replied part, if yes - I need to hide it and show 3 dots.
There also can be a case, when I have a draft but there isn't replied part (I just removed it), in this case, I don't need to show 3 dots.
Or when the replied message has no text (e.g. it has attachments only)
I hope you understood what I mean.

I tested how Gmail does it. and basically, I understand what I have to do.

This is really interesting task, thanks for assigning :)

[michael-volynets]

But I think there is another easier way, is to do this similar to forwarding messages (without hiding).
When the user clicks reply then the replyed message is immediately appended in quoted text with header line to the reply window. (without 3 dots).

This way will be easier and faster but without hiding replied content.
I think the first way (with hiding) is better for UX but it can take much more time than without hiding.
I don't know if this's worth it. What do you think about it?