Customizing Mail Composer

You can open the Mail Composer in three different ways:

• Inline: Opens the Mail Composer in the email detail pane adjacent to the email listing.
• Window: Opens the Mail Composer in a new window. 
• Floating: Opens the Mail Composer on top of the email detail pane.

To open the Mail Composer in one of the three ways by default:

1. Click your profile image on the top-right corner of the app.
2. Select Settings from the dropdown menu.
3. Select Mail.
4. Scroll down to the Compose section.
5. Click the radio button to choose one of the options: Inline, Window, or Floating.  

In the Mail Composer, you can determine if the Cc field should appear by default or not. To do so:

1. Go to the Compose section under Mail Settings.
2. Toggle the Enable Cc by Default button on or off to display or hide the Cc field in the Mail Composer.

Note: When the Cc field is disabled by default, you can access it by clicking Cc at the right-end of the To field in the Mail Composer. 

Switching Between Dark and Light Modes   

In addition to the Dark, Light, and System themes available in Trident's customization options, you can also switch between Light and Dark modes in the Mail Composer according to your preference. You can do so by clicking the View in Dark Mode  or View in Light Mode icon, respectively.

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You can customize when Trident marks your emails as read. To do so:

1. Click your profile image in the top-right corner of the app.

2. Select Settings from the drop-down menu.

3. Go to Mail > Mailbox Views.

4. Scroll down to the Mark Email as Read setting and select the desired configuration from the drop-down options.
   

Here's a quick overview of how each of the customization options will function.

Configuring Email Notifications

To enable or disable notifications for new emails:

1. Click your profile image on the top-right corner of the app.
2. Select Settings from the dropdown menu.
3. Select Notifications.
4. In the Mail Notifications section, toggle the Enable Notifications for New Emails button on or off.

Note: You can choose to enable or disable alert sound for email notifications and decide to show or hide preview for emails in the notifications by toggling the respective options on or off.

Learn more about the various types of notifications in Trident.

You can also choose to show or hide the number of unread emails in the dock icon badge. To do so:

1. Go to the Mail Notifications section under Notifications.
2. Toggle the Enable Dock Icon Badge button on or off.

Using Trackpad Gestures

Trident supports the following trackpad gestures to perform useful actions, such as shifting between read and unread emails in a folder, marking an email as read or unread, and archiving or deleting an email. 

On the email list view:

• Pinch in: To view all the unread emails in the selected folder.
• Pinch out: To view all the emails, read and unread, in the selected folder. 

On the individual email entity in the email list view:

• Swipe left to right: To mark an email as read or unread.

• Swipe right to left: To archive or delete the email.

On the folder list:

• Force touch: To mark a folder as read.

Using Shortcuts

Trident offers various keyboard shortcuts to use the Mail module. To view these shortcuts:

1. Click your profile image on the top-right corner of the app.
2. Select Settings from the dropdown menu.
3. Select Shortcuts.
4. Scroll down to the Mail and Compose section and you'll find the shortcuts mentioned below. 

Here are other shortcuts that you can use for all things related to the Mail Composer.