Screen-reader users in Thunderbird for Android can't reach the quick actions sighted users get by swiping.
Blind and low-vision people who use Thunderbird for Android with TalkBack
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- Kit (done)
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- Solved
How this problem came to be
- Found1 sourcegithub.com/thunderbird
- Quoted3 claimseach checked against its page
- BriefWrittenand what solved looks like
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The problem, broken down
- Who it hurts
- People who use TalkBack, Android's screen reader, to read email in Thunderbird.
- The moment
- When they want to archive, delete or mark a message as read from the message list.
- What people do today
- The configured swipe actions are not offered in TalkBack's Actions menu on the message list the app ships.
- Why it's unsolved
- The new message list has the actions, but the app still uses the old one, so it's unclear whether to fix the old list or switch over.
- What solved looks like
- Every configured swipe action is offered as a TalkBack action on each message in the list users actually get, confirmed on a real device by a TalkBack user.
Evidence
Every claim is tied to the source it comes from- 1The issue asks for Android accessibility actions on the message list matching the swipe actions: toggle selection, mark read or unread, star, archive, delete, spam or move.
- 2A 2026 comment found these actions exist in the new Compose message list, but the app uses the legacy list because a feature flag is off in every build variant.
- 3The issue is labelled ‘good first issue’ and was still open on 2026-10-09.
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What the source says, in short
The issue asks for Android accessibility actions on the message list matching the swipe actions: toggle selection, mark read or unread, star, archive, delete, spam or move. A 2026 comment found these actions exist in the new Compose message list, but the app uses the legacy list because a feature flag is off in every build variant. The issue is labelled ‘good first issue’ and was still open on 2026-10-09.
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