
The Agenda tab gives you an overview of upcoming events and tasks. To bring back up the date picker, grab the handle near the bottom of Thunderbird's window, and drag it back up. To collapse Lightning Calendar's date picker, which tends to use an overwhelming amount of screen real estate, use the handler highlighted in green on the screenshot, and drag it downwards, either to resize it, or hide it completely. Calendar > Go to today shows the calendar (if you we in an email folder) and highlights the current day. It allows you to view a day, a week, or a month at a time. Notice that a Calendar menu has been added to Thunderbird. Lightning Calendar's Menu and Date Picker

To add an event or a task go to File > New > Event/Task.Īlternatively, double click a day to add an event, and double click on the white area below the To Do tab to add a task.

To view the current months, click on a date in the date picker on the left, below your email folders. Lightning Calendar for Thunderbird: Overview Thunderbird needs to be restarted, and next time you run it, it will have the Lightning Calendar integrated, and visible underneath your email folder tree. Once enabled, click it, locate your Lightning Calendar download, and double click it. Once you have downloaded the Lightning Calendar extension, go to Tools > Extensions, and click the Extensions window's Install button.įor security reasons, the Install button is disabled (grayed-out) for a few seconds. The Lightning Calendar Home/Download Page The installation of an extension in Thunderbird is similar across platforms. The Lightning Calendar extension is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. The functionality is still limited, but that shouldn't last too long. Keep in mind that currently, the Lightning Calendar is at its earliest stage. And quite frankly, the absence of calendar was a big setback to a wider adoption of Thunderbird. The Lightning Calendar extension is a response to numerous requests to add calendaring functionality into Thunderbird. Free Email Tutorials › Thunderbird › Lightning Calendar Extension for Mozilla Thunderbird Lightning Calendar Extension for Mozilla Thunderbird
