In the new compose for Gmail, the To: box will only show the nickname of a contact, but not the full address anymore. Is there a way to still automatically see the full email (mouse hover is not a good option)? Otherwise, the simplest solution for me is to erase all my contacts. When I revert to the old compose, it still properly shows the nickname AND full email.
Before:
To: "george" <tikitorch@stackoverflow.org>
Now:
To: george
Best Answer
As Al mentions in the comments, there is no way to make new compose default to showing the whole email address. You'll have to switch back to old compose for the default feature.
You can however double-click the name tag/chip which will show you the contact info (name and email address) that is used. Double-clicking to see the email information is faster than hovering and waiting for the contact card to appear.
Double-clicking will also select the email information for you automatically so you can copy paste elsewhere if you need to. Clicking away will revert back to the name-only tag/chip.