Address Book UI

The address book user interface is primarily the address book tab, but there are smaller pieces in various other parts of Thunderbird.

Address Book Tab

The address book tab is a tab displaying about:addressbook in a <browser>. In a similar way to the mail tab, it consists of three panes: a list of address books, a list of contacts in the selected address book, and a details pane where contact information can be displayed or edited.

Recipient Autocomplete

When composing a message, the address book can suggest contacts to autocomplete text typed into the recipient fields.

Contacts Sidebar

When composing a message, a sidebar can be opened with a list of contacts. This is useful for selecting recipients.

Edit Contact Panel

When displaying a message, each sender or recipient can be clicked on to bring up the Edit Contact panel. This can be used to quickly save new contacts in the address book or to edit existing contacts.

Advanced Search

The address book search dialog is another way of searching through the contacts. It can be accessed from the main window Edit menu.