     toField.addSubView recipient.getView()
     toField.addSubView recipientsWrapper
 
-
     @propagateEvent KDEventType: "NewMessageModalShouldOpen"
 
-    +  disableMessageActionButtons:->
+    @deleteMessageButton.disable()
+    @markMessageAsReadButton.disable()
+
+  enableMessageActionButtons:->
+    @deleteMessageButton.enable()
+    @markMessageAsReadButton.enable()

                title         : "cancel"
                style         : "modal-cancel"
                callback      : -> modal.destroy()
    
    toField = modal.modalTabs.forms.sendForm.fields.to
    
    recipientsWrapper = new KDView
      cssClass      : "completed-items"
    
    recipient = new KDAutoCompleteController
      name                : "recipient"
      itemClass           : MemberAutoCompleteItemView

                label         : "Send To:"
                type          : "hidden"
                name          : "dummy"
              subject         :
                label         : "Subject:"
                placeholder   : 'Enter a subject'
                name          : "subject"
              Message         :
                label         : "Message:"
                type          : "textarea"
                name          : "body"
