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# Enhanced Email Sending Features
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## Overview
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The beenvoice application now includes a comprehensive email sending system with preview, rich text editing, and confirmation features. This enhancement provides a professional email experience for sending invoices to clients.
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## Features
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### 🎨 Rich Text Email Composer
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- **Tiptap Editor Integration**: Professional rich text editing with formatting options
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- **Text Formatting**: Bold, italic, strikethrough, and color options
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- **Text Alignment**: Left, center, and right alignment
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- **Lists**: Bullet points and numbered lists
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- **Color Picker**: Choose from a variety of text colors
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- **Real-time Preview**: See changes as you type
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### 👁️ Email Preview
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- **Visual Preview**: See exactly how your email will appear to recipients
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- **Invoice Summary**: Displays key invoice details (number, date, amount)
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- **Attachment Notice**: Shows PDF attachment information
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- **Professional Styling**: Clean, branded email template
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- **Responsive Design**: Optimized for all screen sizes with proper text wrapping
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- **Mobile-First**: Touch-friendly interface with proper spacing
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### ✅ Send Confirmation
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- **Two-Step Process**: Compose ↔ Preview with Send Action
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- **Action-Based Sending**: Send button available from sidebar and floating action bar
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- **Status Updates**: Automatic status change from draft to sent
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- **Error Handling**: Clear error messages with specific guidance
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- **SSR Compatible**: Proper hydration handling for server-side rendering
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### 📄 Smart Templates
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- **Auto-Generated Content**: Professional email templates with proper paragraph spacing
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- **Time-Based Greetings**: Morning, afternoon, or evening greetings
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- **Invoice Details**: Automatically includes invoice number, date, and amount
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- **Business Branding**: Uses your business name and contact information
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- **Immediate Loading**: Content appears instantly in the editor without requiring tab switching
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## Components
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### EmailComposer
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**Location**: `src/components/forms/email-composer.tsx`
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A rich text editor component for composing emails with formatting options.
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**Props**:
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- `subject`: Email subject line
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- `onSubjectChange`: Callback for subject changes
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- `content`: Email content (HTML)
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- `onContentChange`: Callback for content changes
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- `fromEmail`: Sender email address
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- `toEmail`: Recipient email address
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### EmailPreview
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**Location**: `src/components/forms/email-preview.tsx`
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Displays a visual preview of how the email will appear to recipients.
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**Props**:
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- `subject`: Email subject line
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- `fromEmail`: Sender email address
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- `toEmail`: Recipient email address
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- `content`: Email content (HTML)
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- `invoice`: Invoice data for summary display
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### SendEmailDialog
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**Location**: `src/components/forms/send-email-dialog.tsx`
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Main dialog component that combines composition, preview, and confirmation.
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**Props**:
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- `invoiceId`: ID of the invoice to send
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- `trigger`: React element that opens the dialog
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- `invoice`: Invoice data
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- `onEmailSent`: Callback when email is successfully sent
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### EnhancedSendInvoiceButton
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**Location**: `src/components/forms/enhanced-send-invoice-button.tsx`
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Enhanced button component that opens the email dialog.
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**Props**:
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- `invoiceId`: ID of the invoice to send
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- `variant`: Button style variant
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- `className`: Additional CSS classes
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- `showResend`: Whether to show "Resend" text
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- `size`: Button size
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## API Enhancements
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### Enhanced Email Router
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**Location**: `src/server/api/routers/email.ts`
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The email API has been enhanced to support custom content and HTML emails.
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**New Parameters**:
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- `customSubject`: Optional custom email subject
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- `customContent`: Optional custom email content (HTML)
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- `useHtml`: Boolean flag to send HTML email
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**Features**:
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- HTML email support with plain text fallback
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- Custom subject lines
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- Rich HTML content
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- Automatic PDF attachment
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- BCC to business email
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- Comprehensive error handling
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## Usage Examples
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### Basic Usage
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```tsx
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import { EnhancedSendInvoiceButton } from "~/components/forms/enhanced-send-invoice-button";
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// Replace existing send buttons
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<EnhancedSendInvoiceButton
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invoiceId={invoice.id}
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className="w-full"
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showResend={invoice.status === "sent"}
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/>
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```
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### Custom Dialog
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```tsx
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import { SendEmailDialog } from "~/components/forms/send-email-dialog";
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<SendEmailDialog
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invoiceId={invoice.id}
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invoice={invoiceData}
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trigger={<Button>Send Custom Email</Button>}
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onEmailSent={() => console.log("Email sent!")}
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/>
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```
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### Standalone Components
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```tsx
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import { EmailComposer } from "~/components/forms/email-composer";
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import { EmailPreview } from "~/components/forms/email-preview";
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// Use individual components for custom implementations
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<EmailComposer
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subject={subject}
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onSubjectChange={setSubject}
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content={content}
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onContentChange={setContent}
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fromEmail="you@business.com"
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toEmail="client@company.com"
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/>
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<EmailPreview
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subject={subject}
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content={content}
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fromEmail="you@business.com"
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toEmail="client@company.com"
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invoice={invoiceData}
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/>
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```
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## Technical Details
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### Dependencies
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- **@tiptap/react**: Rich text editor framework
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- **@tiptap/starter-kit**: Basic editor functionality
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- **@tiptap/extension-text-style**: Text styling support
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- **@tiptap/extension-color**: Color picker support
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- **@tiptap/extension-text-align**: Text alignment options
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### Email Templates
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The system generates professional HTML email templates with:
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- Responsive design
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- Brand colors (green theme)
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- Invoice summary cards
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- Proper typography
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- Attachment indicators
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- Footer branding
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### Error Handling
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Comprehensive error handling for:
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- Invalid email addresses
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- Missing client information
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- Resend API issues
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- Network connectivity problems
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- Domain verification issues
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- Rate limiting
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## Usage in Application
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The enhanced email functionality is integrated throughout the application:
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- Invoice view pages with enhanced send buttons
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- Full-page email composition interface
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- Professional email templates with invoice integration
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- Comprehensive preview and confirmation workflow
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## Migration Guide
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### From Basic Send Button
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Replace existing `SendInvoiceButton` components with `EnhancedSendInvoiceButton`:
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```tsx
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// Before
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import { SendInvoiceButton } from "../_components/send-invoice-button";
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<SendInvoiceButton invoiceId={invoice.id} />
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// After
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import { EnhancedSendInvoiceButton } from "~/components/forms/enhanced-send-invoice-button";
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<EnhancedSendInvoiceButton invoiceId={invoice.id} />
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```
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### API Compatibility
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The enhanced email API is backward compatible with existing implementations. New features are opt-in through additional parameters.
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## Security Considerations
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- **Input Sanitization**: All user input is validated and sanitized
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- **Email Validation**: Comprehensive email format validation
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- **Rate Limiting**: Built-in protection against spam
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- **Domain Verification**: Resend domain verification required
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- **Authentication**: All email operations require valid authentication
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## Performance
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- **SSR Optimization**: Proper server-side rendering with hydration safeguards
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- **Efficient Loading**: Content initializes immediately without requiring user interaction
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- **Optimized Rendering**: Efficient React component updates with proper state management
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- **Caching**: Proper query caching for invoice data
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- **Error Boundaries**: Graceful error handling without crashes
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- **Responsive Design**: Optimized layouts for all screen sizes with text overflow prevention
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## Navigation
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### Send Email Page
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Access the email interface by clicking "Send Invoice" on any invoice:
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- `/dashboard/invoices/[id]/send` - Full-page email composition
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- Two-tab interface: Compose ↔ Preview
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- Send action available from sidebar and floating action bar
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- Fully responsive design with proper text wrapping and overflow handling
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- Professional layout with sidebar containing:
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- Invoice summary (number, client, date, status)
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- Email details (from, to, subject, attachment info)
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- Context-aware action buttons
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- Auto-filled message with proper HTML formatting and paragraph spacing
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- Immediate content loading without requiring tab navigation
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## Fixes and Improvements
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Recent fixes and enhancements:
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- **SSR Compatibility**: Fixed Tiptap hydration issues for reliable server-side rendering
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- **Content Loading**: Improved email content initialization for immediate display
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- **Responsive Design**: Enhanced text wrapping and overflow handling for all screen sizes
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- **UI/UX**: Removed confirmation tab in favor of action-based sending approach
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- **Performance**: Optimized state management for faster content loading
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## Future Enhancements
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Planned improvements include:
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- Email templates library
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- Scheduling email delivery
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- Email tracking and read receipts
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- Bulk email sending
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- Custom email signatures
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- Integration with email marketing tools
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## Support
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For issues or questions related to the email system:
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1. Check the console for error messages
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2. Verify Resend API configuration
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3. Ensure client email addresses are valid
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4. Review domain verification status
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5. Check network connectivity
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## Changelog
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### Version 1.0.0
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- Initial release of enhanced email system
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- Rich text editor integration
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- Email preview functionality
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- Send confirmation workflow
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- HTML email support
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- Professional templates
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- Demo page implementation
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