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Custom color in the taskbar of email reader

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I am using a black theme on Windows 7 SP1 enterprise edition. My thunderbird (38.3.0) is working fine for all functions except the color in the taskbar of email reader. See screenshot below for an example. In this case, I cannot see the email sender, receiver and subject

How should I custom color in the about:config or other place? Thanks for any suggestion.

I am using a black theme on Windows 7 SP1 enterprise edition. My thunderbird (38.3.0) is working fine for all functions except the color in the taskbar of email reader. See screenshot below for an example. In this case, I cannot see the email sender, receiver and subject How should I custom color in the about:config or other place? Thanks for any suggestion.
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Use Notepad, or other text editor, and open the file 'userChrome.css'. Copy the highlighted code below, and paste it into the file. Save it. Close and re-open Thunderbird and you will see the color change.

userChrome.css is found in your profile inside the Chrome folder. If userChrome.css does not exist, create it.

I use the color RED for demonstration, but you should experiment to find the most pleasing color contrast with your theme.

/**********************************************************/ /* MESSAGE PANE */ /**********************************************************/ #msgHeaderView .headerValue /* Message pane header "From"/"Subject"/"TO" label */ {color: red !important; /* From/Subject/To data text color */ font-weight:bold !important; }

From http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2436557 [link added]

TB-38.3 Win10-PC

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Use Notepad, or other text editor, and open the file 'userChrome.css'. Copy the highlighted code below, and paste it into the file. Save it. Close and re-open Thunderbird and you will see the color change.

userChrome.css is found in your profile inside the Chrome folder. If userChrome.css does not exist, create it.

I use the color RED for demonstration, but you should experiment to find the most pleasing color contrast with your theme.

/**********************************************************/ /* MESSAGE PANE */ /**********************************************************/ #msgHeaderView .headerValue /* Message pane header "From"/"Subject"/"TO" label */ {color: red !important; /* From/Subject/To data text color */ font-weight:bold !important; }

From http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2436557 [link added]

TB-38.3 Win10-PC

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Thank you very much for your help. It is wonderful to solve my problem.