Show Trimmed Content in Gmail Email Messages

The Gmail Bookmarklet will add a unique string to the email signature to prevent Gmail from trimming the content. The hex color code for the appended text is #444 so it will not be prominently displayed in Gmail.

/* Gmail Trim Bookmarklet */

/* Are the ellipsis shown in the Gmail message */
var showtrim = document.querySelector('.aH1');
if (showtrim) {
  /* If yes, click to expand the trimmed content */
  showtrim.click();
}

/* Does your email message have a signature */
var gmail = document.querySelector('div.gmail_signature');

/* Get the unique message ID assigned by Gmail */
var id = document.querySelector("input[name='composeid']");

if (gmail && id) {
  /* Append the current Date and ID to the signature */
  gmail.innerHTML +=
    "<br><small style='color:#444'>Message #" + id.value + ' sent on ' + new Date().toString() + '</small>';
}

/* Written by Amit Agarwal amit@labnol.org */
/* For updates, see http://www.labnol.org  */
Amit Agarwal

Amit Agarwal

Google Developer Expert, Google Cloud Champion

Amit Agarwal is a Google Developer Expert in Google Workspace and Google Apps Script. He holds an engineering degree in Computer Science (I.I.T.) and is the first professional blogger in India.

Amit has developed several popular Google add-ons including Mail Merge for Gmail and Document Studio. Read more on Lifehacker and YourStory

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