When the Format of a mail message is changed, have the checkmark move in the drop-down to show the change. Also, if switching from HTML to Plain Text, hide the formatting bar and use the plain text editor. If switching to HTML or multipart/alternative from Plain Text, show the formatting bar and switch to the HTML editor.

Works for me on Windows XP, not Mac OS X.

Still exists on 2002071108.

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As of 1.6, in the HTML compose window, Options|Format|Plain Text Only will hide the format toolbar and the Insert and Format menus, but the editor is still the HTML editor (proportional font). The Options|Format menu is correctly updated, but that submenu is primarily for selecting the outgoing mail format. There is still no equivalent to switch from the plain editor to HTML. Duping this to the later bug only because that one has votes and discussion. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 140800 ***