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 is a web geek, solo entrepreneur and loves making things on the Internet. Google recently awarded him the Google Developer Expert and Google Cloud Champion title for his work on Google Workspace and Google Apps Script.

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