I dislike the compose window anchored to the side of my Gmail window. Is there a way to force Gmail to default to the pop-out window without having to select it with every email?
4 Answers
You can press shift when clicking compose. Would be good if you didn't even need to do that though.
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On Reply, this fails (does nothing) if a regular reply is already open.– ChrisJJDec 3, 2022 at 23:38
In the lower right hand corner of the compose window, click the little triangle to see more options. Click the Default to full-screen option.
There does not seem to be a way to may the reply button always go to pop out window though.
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This doesn't answer the question; Molly wants pop-out windows for replies. This answer tells you how to take an already popped-out compose window and make it full screen by default. The "default to full-screen" option is also available only on new Compose windows, not on replies that have been popped-out. Jan 22, 2016 at 0:59
To enable the new compose feature do the following:
- Click compose
- Look for the link "Try out the new compose experience" it is on the same line as send/save now/ discard/labels.
- Click through the demo screens and now you are set to always use the new compose pop out feature.
To go back tot he old style of compose:
- Click compose
- In the lower right corner of the pop out window is a small menu next to the trashcan.
- The first item in the menu is "switch back to the old compose"
answered Jan 12, 2013 at 21:18
One way to solve your issue is to switch to the old Gmail interface using the browser extension Retro Compose (Chrome), Old Compose (Chrome+Firefox), or Fix Compose for Gmail:
answered Jan 8, 2014 at 11:41
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The link to Retro Compose is broken. Google took me here. Unfortunately, I installed this but it didn't work (in numerous ways). Jul 25, 2017 at 5:21
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shiftwhile clicking the Reply button does this.