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Customizing TB colors of various taskbars and fonts

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How is the following done? I want to colorize the headings for the subject bar above emails. I want to change the font for folder pane.

How is the following done? I want to colorize the headings for the subject bar above emails. I want to change the font for folder pane.

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Hi Gypsycomp,

There are thunderbird themes around - you could try those.

The subject bar if just a plain text field, so even if you do colour it, it won't show up that way in the recipiant's inbox.

Does that help?

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I want to color the subject-date-size bar above the incoming emails in my inbox, not the recipients inbox.

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There is a way to change colour of 'Header columns' bar.

make hidden files and folders visible:

  • Help > Troubleshooting Information
  • click on 'Show Folders'

A window opens showing your profile folder.

  • Close Thunderbird now - this is important.
  • Create a folder and call it chrome. - note the spelling.
  • Save it in the profile folder name in the same place as the 'Mail' folder.

see first image below.

  • Open Notepad - Start > Programs > Accessories > Notepad
  • Copy all between the lines below and paste into Notepad.
  • Save the file as userChrome.css - note the spelling - in the chrome folder.

then close window - top right X Restart Thunderbird


/*
* Do not remove the @namespace line -- it's required for correct functioning
 */

@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); 

/*Code changes colour of column header background*/

treecol, .treecol-image {
-moz-appearance: none !important;
background-color: peachpuff !important;
}


Note; In the code, where it says 'peachpuff', you can use a different colour name or use colour hex code eg: #FFDAB9 see this link: