outlook.live.com quick actions moved to far right of email and I can't move them back beside Sender/From and Subject.

Anonymous
2022-05-04T16:03:40+00:00

My outlook.live.com quick actions moved to the far right of subject and received column and I can't move them back beside sender and subject. The quick actions appear on far right of email. I went to Mail - Customize actions -Quick actions. The template shows them on right but the screen narrative shows "Quick actions appear beside sender names and subject lines in your message list". Please help me get the quick actions back to between From (Sender Name) and Subject.

Thanks

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-05-19T17:48:17+00:00

    I created a user script to revert this change, until the feature is rolled back or made a user setting.

    This is a hotfix script, I can't make any guarantees that it will work on every system, or if Microsoft changes the names of these elements on their end.

    Script: https://gist.github.com/fortserious/aee38888a9c672c27682fa43940588fa

    Guide to installing userscripts: https://userscripts-mirror.org/about/installing/

    Anyone may feel free to edit and share this to improve it.

    It's tested and working in Chrome and moves the quick actions back to the left, which is enough for me to get back to doing my actual job.

    You can comment out Line 22 if you want to keep the delete quick action on the far right.

    Hope this helps someone.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-05-16T12:33:14+00:00

    Very ANNOYED with this UI change ..... I'll send in feedback as a complaint but for now I'm changing the quick actions settings to remove all quick actions. What this accomplishes is that quick action icons revert to the space at the end of from and before subject just as the description in settings shows. To set an action on an email which now has no quick actions just right click that email for the actions context menu. To remove an action icon, same thing, just right click for the context menu of that email.

    I despise workarounds for changes that are NOT well controlled and well published. Shame on Microsoft!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-05-16T13:18:29+00:00

    Why in the [blank] would Microsoft move the Quick Action items to the right of the subject line rather than the left with no option to reposition them to their original location? They are much more difficult to use in this location and the chance of making a mistake selecting the action for a specific email is greater.

    Where were the Microsoft software testers? Rule Number One: Do not make software changes just for the sake of making changes.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-05-16T11:46:01+00:00

    Yep, another one that hates the change.

    Really annoying. Please put it back

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-05-16T10:56:23+00:00

    I sent them feedback and they told me to post in the community.

    What a stupid change. I wonder what genius was responsible for that.

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