Mailspring: The new template / email composer does not allow editing the contents of HTML tables
I'm unable to use templates created using "edit as html" feature in the older version of Mailspring. In particular, I have a table which I cannot modify -- neither in Template Manager nor when inserted in the new mail.
in fact the same happens with the signatures. i cannot modify signatures in the mail.
Are there any related issues?
didn't find
What operating system are you using?
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS 64-bit
What version of Mailspring are you using?
1.1.0-7563b09d (auto updated from snap)
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Bug?
Do you have any third-party plugins installed? If so, which ones?
no
Is the issue related to a specific email provider (Gmail, Exchange, etc.)?
no, it's the application issue
Is the issue reproducible with a particular attachment, message, signature, etc?
i can reproduce it with all my templates
nul0m
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Hey! Thanks for reporting this @nul0m — In 1.1.0, the composer text editor was switched out for a new one (built on SlateJS) that made it easier to add new features like font size and color, and will enable more things to be added in the next couple releases. The one big drawback of the change is that content inside <table> tags needs to be locked in the editor to preserve it's exact appearance, because Slate doesn't support all of the styles / features of tables and would break some of them.
I'll see if I can find a good solution to this in the next update - we can probably allow editing inside tables and other custom HTML without Slate's shortcuts / rich text tools.
bengotow
on 27 Jan 2018
thanks @bengotow, will revert my snap to the 1.0.12 before then
nul0m
on 27 Jan 2018
hi, @bengotow
Just interested at the progress.
the feature of editable tables in composer is essential for me, because our team uses the email embedded table to collect important task information. I roll back to 1.0.12 now.
thanks.
Xin6Zhou
on 29 Apr 2018
essential for us too.
thanks.
sergiodieguez
on 17 May 2018
Yes please bring back the ability to edit tables, I fall back to 1.0.12 until newer release fixes this issue.
Thanks!
RavenKong
on 5 Jun 2018
Hi @bengotow - would be great to know the timeline for this, if it will indeed be addressed. I'm deciding whether to wait or roll back to the earlier version.
Thanks!
dashmaker
on 6 Dec 2018
hey, @bengotow any update on this one? as far as I can see here SlateJS does support tables editing. any chance you could utilize that?
nul0m
on 19 Jul 2019
@bengotow
We 👏🏽Need 👏🏽This
santiesque
on 26 Oct 2019
Hi,
Still no progress on this issue ?
coreders
on 25 Sep 2020
How is there STILL no progress on this? To me the templates are useless without! How are you meant to have templates you can't fill with content! Please let me know if this is being worked on else I will fork and try to fix it myself.
MailSpring is incredible and I am thankful to every contributor. This seems like a key feature that we need thou.
o4dev
on 19 Nov 2020
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Hey! Thanks for reporting this @nul0m — In 1.1.0, the composer text editor was switched out for a new one (built on SlateJS) that made it easier to add new features like font size and color, and will enable more things to be added in the next couple releases. The one big drawback of the change is that content inside
<table>tags needs to be locked in the editor to preserve it's exact appearance, because Slate doesn't support all of the styles / features of tables and would break some of them.I'll see if I can find a good solution to this in the next update - we can probably allow editing inside tables and other custom HTML without Slate's shortcuts / rich text tools.