"Use paragraph format instead of body text" setting won't stick
Hello. I want to remain in body text - that is, with no double spacing of paragraphs - when I compose e-mails. I have done a good bit of searching and the answer I keep finding is "Uncheck the 'Use paragraph format instead of body text' box in Composition on the Options tab." The problem is that every time I close and re-open Thunderbird, the option has been automatically re-checked. This happens even if I uncheck the box, close the program, and then immediately re-open it without having written an e-mail or done anything else. So this has nothing to do with importing formatting by responding to an existing e-mail. I found the corresponding setting in the Config Editor and set it to False, but the same thing happens: It defaults back to True as soon as I re-open Thunderbird. Is there something I can do to keep that "Use paragraph formatting" option turned off?
I am using Thunderbird version 68.12.1, 64 bit.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Chosen solution
Thanks for your prompt and helpful reply. I did have several versions of prefs.js, and I got rid of all but the most recent one. But unfortunately the behaviour I described has not changed. So I opened the file and pasted the line
user_pref("mail.compose.default_to_paragraph", false);
into the prefs.js file and made sure it was saved. Still no help, and when I closed TBird again and re-opened prefs.js, the line had disappeared.
But then I had the good idea of doing a search with that line, and I found a solution. It is here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1246757
But the solution given as the Chosen Solution, which is to totally reinstall and reconfigure TBird, is not the one I used. I used the one from the user "Toad-Hall". And it works. Toad-Hall gives a link to a bug report that explains why. Thanks to you, and thanks to Toad-Hall!
Read this answer in context 👍 0All Replies (2)
My guess is that the prefs.js is not being allowed to update at close, possibly due to an antivirus or firewall or other software interference. I suggest you look at profile in windows file explorer, as you may see multiple copies of the prefs file, such as prefs-1, prefs-2, etc. (And, there may be other files in similar status. You haven't upgraded in several years, some minor cleanup may be desirable.) For the prefs, if duplicates are found, my suggestion is to delete all but the one with highest number, and rename that one to prefs.js (with thunderbird not running) and restart. For the bigger question on why your problem is happening, I have no idea.
Chosen Solution
Thanks for your prompt and helpful reply. I did have several versions of prefs.js, and I got rid of all but the most recent one. But unfortunately the behaviour I described has not changed. So I opened the file and pasted the line
user_pref("mail.compose.default_to_paragraph", false);
into the prefs.js file and made sure it was saved. Still no help, and when I closed TBird again and re-opened prefs.js, the line had disappeared.
But then I had the good idea of doing a search with that line, and I found a solution. It is here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1246757
But the solution given as the Chosen Solution, which is to totally reinstall and reconfigure TBird, is not the one I used. I used the one from the user "Toad-Hall". And it works. Toad-Hall gives a link to a bug report that explains why. Thanks to you, and thanks to Toad-Hall!
You must log in to your account to reply to posts. Please start a new question, if you do not have an account yet.