I can't even get basic colors. If I highlight some text that I want to turn red, I click the black box, the menu comes up to "choose a color", click on the black bar, the Mac color chooser now comes up, I click red, then OK. And nada, still black....

I understand that we're now using the system color chooser, but something is going wrong. I can't pick ANY colors for selected text or change the color for typing new text. (and I do that quite often for emphasis).

I'm using 68.4.1 on macOS 10.14.6 Mojave

There is a long discussion in this topic:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1277826

Oh, I've seen that discussion. Re-read my description.

• I select some text I want to turn red
• I click on the current black box to bring up the "choose a color" which now only has black with the new scheme
• I click on "Choose a color" which brings up the macOS color chooser
• I find and click and "red", click OK which turns the single choice of color in the Thunderbird box from black to red.
• I click OK there
• and back in my draft email message, nada. Still black.

And it works on my W10 box with the same sequence. It is just my macOS box at work that doesn't change the color.

I don't think I have any funky settings but I don't know where to start looking

Did you close the OS X color picker before you closed the TB color window?

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1276138?page=2#answer-1280520

That's it. If you close the macOS picker, the color transfers back. Ugh. Another mouse click....

I decided to just use SeaMonkey instead.

I decided to just use SeaMonkey instead.

Did you have a point? Seamonkey is not an alternative for Thunderbird really. Unless you want the suite experience that is.

Matt wrote: "Seamonkey is not an alternative for Thunderbird really." ==

It isn't? Maybe you should take a look at me using it, then? And guess what? I may not have a gradient of colors to choose from at the click of the mouse, but at least I can change it. It ain't broke, like the sorry-ass Thunderbird is.

Matt wrote: "Seamonkey is not an alternative for Thunderbird really." == It isn't? Maybe you should take a look at me using it, then?

Congratulation you use sea monkey. Do you have a point? Or are you just spamming me and the others in this thread.

What? Just who was it that started this thread? You?

Here's my point, Matt: SeaMonkey has the supply for my demand. For years Thunderbird was my email client. But this bug sent me packing. I came here for solutions and nobody gave me one.

Is that good enough of a point for you, Matt? Doesn't matter, nothing matters... I found my own solution.

Hmm I wonder if I should just stop communicating with apple users. I think i should. Thank you for pointing out to me the error of my ways.