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Bookmarks Toolbar activated by default

The Bookmarks Toolbar is showing up with a message to use it, even though I don't want to use it and have not added any bookmarks to it. This has shifted the actual scree… (read more)

The Bookmarks Toolbar is showing up with a message to use it, even though I don't want to use it and have not added any bookmarks to it. This has shifted the actual screen down one line and messed up things I do that rely on screen positioning. Please turn it back off.

Asked by dagwoodg_98 1 year ago

Answered by dagwoodg_98 1 year ago

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how to get number of new messages ?

Hi, I'm writing an OS extension (in Gnome) to display an icon whenever there are unread or new messages. Getting the number of unread messages is straightforward, I just… (read more)

Hi, I'm writing an OS extension (in Gnome) to display an icon whenever there are unread or new messages.

Getting the number of unread messages is straightforward, I just have to count the number of "X-Mozilla-Status: 0000" in the Inbox files.

But is there a similar way to get the number of new messages ?

According to https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/x-mozilla-status, there's "X-Mozilla-Status2", which should be "00010000" for new messages. But all my messages, including the new ones, have "00000000".

Asked by chentaocredungtao 2 years ago

Answered by chentaocredungtao 1 year ago

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custom search engines automatically adding + to URLS instead of %20

Hi there! I have a pretty frustrating issue with custom search engines. I use custom search engines all the time to look up words on a dictionary website. In cases where… (read more)

Hi there!

I have a pretty frustrating issue with custom search engines. I use custom search engines all the time to look up words on a dictionary website. In cases where I need to look up something that is more than one word, I'm unable to use this feature because Firefox automatically adds '+' to encode spaces to the URL. since the website that I use does not know how to deal with that, I am unable to use this otherwise convenient feature in cases where my searches utilize spaces.

is this behavior adjustable in any way?

Asked by zeldio 1 year ago

Answered by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 1 year ago

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my Unified Inbox is empty

I installed Thunderbird 102.4.0 on new computer with Windows 10, selected Unified Folders, but the Inbox for Unified Folders remains empty despite many messages in the In… (read more)

I installed Thunderbird 102.4.0 on new computer with Windows 10, selected Unified Folders, but the Inbox for Unified Folders remains empty despite many messages in the Inboxes of my 2 accounts beneath it. I did right-click on Inbox for Unified; but the Properties box that opens does not allow me to select which folders to show (unlike the Thunderbird on my older computer which does that). How do I get the Unified Inbox to show all Inbox messages?

Asked by manyamasl 2 years ago

Answered by david 2 years ago

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Website is super small font and picture. ONLY one site, but any new page or new tab of that site is super small. Firefox

Moving mouse quickly and hit something, mouse clicked. BAM, fonts and picture to tiny size. Cannot find anything that makes that happen to undo it. All pages that site, n… (read more)

Moving mouse quickly and hit something, mouse clicked. BAM, fonts and picture to tiny size. Cannot find anything that makes that happen to undo it. All pages that site, no other site. Closing/opening Firefox stays the same. Zoomed to max and can now see, but page is not correct proportions.

Asked by whyaduck 1 year ago

Answered by cor-el 1 year ago

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What frame rate settings are available, and where are they documented?

I use layout.frame_rate 1 to block animation, and to replace painful partial scrolling with clean jumps. I can't use an intermediate frame rate, such as 3-30 fps, due to … (read more)

I use layout.frame_rate 1 to block animation, and to replace painful partial scrolling with clean jumps. I can't use an intermediate frame rate, such as 3-30 fps, due to the seizure risks, or a high frame rate, such as 60 fps, due to migraines when hit by "smooth" animation, "ease in-out" animation, zooming animation, parallax animation, partial scrolling with one part of the window sliding alongside another, etc.

about:config involves some other frame-rate and frame_rate settings;

gfx.display.frame-rate-divisor starts at 1

layers.offmainthreadcomposition.frame-rate starts at -1

layout.expose_high_rate_mode_from_refreshdriver starts at true

layout.frame_rate starts at 0, which defaults to monitor settings; I've reset it to 1 (1 frame per second).

layout.throttled_frame_rate starts at 1

What are these and what do they do? I've tried looking them up, and see a bunch of posts about browser diagnostics, or *increasing* frame rates, or the like.

Asked by MarjaE 1 year ago

Answered by cor-el 1 year ago

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How do I switch easely account location in left column ?

In left column in TB , accounts appear from top to bottom according the date they have been added. Can this be changed ? Underneath a fictive example, I would like … (read more)

In left column in TB , accounts appear from top to bottom according the date they have been added. Can this be changed ?

Underneath a fictive example, I would like to move the account at the bottom to the top in the list

John.Doe@work.com John.Doe@homemail.com my.most.usued.account@my-ip-provider.com

Thank you

Asked by Merel 1 year ago

Answered by david 1 year ago

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Text same colour as backgrounds

I have issues with background and text colors clashing making text hard or impossible to read. I have tried changing themes, clearing cache and disabling add-ons. It does… (read more)

I have issues with background and text colors clashing making text hard or impossible to read. I have tried changing themes, clearing cache and disabling add-ons. It doesn't do it on every website but its doing it on enough of them to be frustrating.

Asked by Zenakai 1 year ago

Answered by Zenakai 1 year ago

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Disable touchscreen gestures (scrolling, etc.)

I've got a legacy transformer laptop with an integrated wacom-type sensor screen. Despite all shortcomings of it's age, the laptop's got class. The main web browser ins… (read more)

I've got a legacy transformer laptop with an integrated wacom-type sensor screen. Despite all shortcomings of it's age, the laptop's got class.

The main web browser installed is Firefox ESR. In tablet mode, control was handled by the Windows - mouse-like drag'n'drop, marking, but with added scrolling gesture by swinging quickly up and down. Using it in the tablet mode is actually very practical.

Recently, after updating from 91 to 101, browser started to interpret the pen as a finger, controls became clumsy and frustrating. The only way of turning finger gestures off, parameter gestures.enable_single_finger_input described in that question (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/973974) had no visible effect. Have fallen back to 91esr, but this is obviously just a temporary solution. Is there any way to add force-disable parameter or something?

Asked by beibotanov 2 years ago

Answered by beibotanov 1 year ago

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Multiple recipients check box

When I send an email to just two recipients, Thunderbird has started to ask for confirmation to send to multiple recipients and suggest a mail merge instead. Does anyone… (read more)

When I send an email to just two recipients, Thunderbird has started to ask for confirmation to send to multiple recipients and suggest a mail merge instead. Does anyone know how to either switch this off, or increase the number of recipients to more than 10 to trigger it?

Asked by colton.annette 1 year ago

Answered by david 1 year ago

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Sidebar width reduction via userChrome

Hello. It seems I get a problem or two almost always with a new update lately. I have been using an userChrome.css to reduce the width of sidebar but the latest version … (read more)

Hello.

It seems I get a problem or two almost always with a new update lately. I have been using an userChrome.css to reduce the width of sidebar but the latest version 107.0 now ignores it and have a wide width even at the narrowest. Mine currently is set as, "#sidebar {min-width:30px !important; max-width:none !important;}" This no longer works. Your support much appreciated.

Regards,

Asked by qp 1 year ago

Answered by cor-el 1 year ago

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Forward link from browser

When I try to forward a link from a webpage (using Firefox) it automatically sends it from my email address through Thunderbird. I'd like to switch the setting so it use… (read more)

When I try to forward a link from a webpage (using Firefox) it automatically sends it from my email address through Thunderbird. I'd like to switch the setting so it uses my Apple Mail email address. Is this possible?

Asked by tmacb 1 year ago

Answered by tmacb 1 year ago

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Autocomplete won't stop suggesting google

Whenever i start typing a "g" in the address bar, Google is recommended first. I would prefer for it to be something i commonly search for starting with g, but I can't se… (read more)

Whenever i start typing a "g" in the address bar, Google is recommended first. I would prefer for it to be something i commonly search for starting with g, but I can't seem to remove it. Using the usual shift+del doesn't remove it for some reason.

Thanks!

Asked by matistjati 1 year ago

Answered by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 1 year ago

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Disable Notification Sounds

I have only recently started using Thunderbird and am trying to get used to how it works. One of the most annoying aspects is the notification sound when an email arrive… (read more)

I have only recently started using Thunderbird and am trying to get used to how it works. One of the most annoying aspects is the notification sound when an email arrives. I don't have an issue with the notification, just the sound, as it is intrusive on Zoom meetings, etc.

I have searched around the forum for the answer and have found similar questions which direct the individual to the menu option or Tools menu, and then "options". Unfortunately, I don't an options selection in either location.

Please help!

Asked by garry.obrien2 2 years ago

Answered by david 2 years ago

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Firefox 107 userchrome behavior change --tab-lines

Prior to the last update, Firefox was auto resizing my tab background area (I don't know the technical name of this, but its the menu area behind the tabs) to fit more ta… (read more)

Prior to the last update, Firefox was auto resizing my tab background area (I don't know the technical name of this, but its the menu area behind the tabs) to fit more tabs as I opened them, up to a certain number of open tabs. Now the tab background area remains at its full size from the start even if I have only 1 tab open. I prefer the old behavior and I'm not sure what userchrome setting I need to adjust in order to get back to it. The line that is causing the issue is as follows

  1. main-window {
 /*--tab-min-height: unset !important; */
 --tab-min-height: 38px;
 --tabs-lines: 8;     /* THIS LINE CAUSES THE PROBLEM */
 --tab_min_width_mlt: 186px;
 --tab_max_width_mlt: 186px;
 --tab-min-height_mlt: 38px;

}

I can reduce it to a lower number but when I do that I am stuck with the tab scrolling behavior that I don't want. Perhaps there is a setting to auto resize the tab area that I'm unaware of. I would appreciate any assistance. Thanks.

Asked by Zafaron 1 year ago

Answered by Zafaron 1 year ago

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Deleted IMAP messages re-downloading - how to sync back to server?

Yesterday I removed hundreds of duplicate messages from 3 of my IMAP accounts with a lot of effort, partly facilitated by the "Remove Duplicate Messages" add-in. But stil… (read more)

Yesterday I removed hundreds of duplicate messages from 3 of my IMAP accounts with a lot of effort, partly facilitated by the "Remove Duplicate Messages" add-in. But still I went through all the messages in order to make sure that the right ones were removed. Anyway, now I just reopened Thunderbird, and now it is re-downloading all those messages. Why? I would have expected the deleted messaages to also have been synced back to the IMAP server. Normally it will do that if I delete single messages or mark them as read. The status will be the samer on the server. Did I somehow not wait long enough before closing TB? But it was idle and not ovbiously doing anything. Is there a way to enforce folder sync for many folders in an IMAP account? I want to be sure that this does not end up like "Groundhog Day" every time I clean up my duplicate messages. (The duplicated exist for historical reasons when I was always BCC-ing myself in times of POP3, so I can also see my sent messages, no matter which device or client I used to write them.)

Asked by Alexander Kriegisch 1 year ago

Answered by Stans 1 year ago

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settings

Firefox stopped opening links in web pages like secondlife:///app/region/Kings%20Stone/224/155/22 ,WHere do I tell Firefox what application to use to handle that kind of … (read more)

Firefox stopped opening links in web pages like secondlife:///app/region/Kings%20Stone/224/155/22 ,WHere do I tell Firefox what application to use to handle that kind of a link?

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Is there a way to remove recent bookmarks from the "hamburger menu"

Is there a way to remove recent bookmarks from the "hamburger menu" (says "Open Application Menu" on hovering)? The bookmarks there seem to only show the most recent book… (read more)

Is there a way to remove recent bookmarks from the "hamburger menu" (says "Open Application Menu" on hovering)? The bookmarks there seem to only show the most recent bookmarks added and there's no way to organize those or delete them without also deleting the bookmarks from the main bookmarks menu, which can be organized. There should be a way to not show bookmarks that are private bookmarks just because they've recently been added. I couldn't find an answer to this anywhere in support -- though I might not have been searching the right terms. Any and all help would be much appreciated. (Also, apologies if I put this in the wrong category. Wasn't sure what to use.) Thanks!

Asked by scott.andera 1 year ago

Answered by cor-el 1 year ago

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Add-ons on title bar disappeared

For decades, the add-ons have been displayed on my title bar. Then I had some securities issues and to change some settings and somehow, the icons on add-ons disappeared… (read more)

For decades, the add-ons have been displayed on my title bar. Then I had some securities issues and to change some settings and somehow, the icons on add-ons disappeared from the title bar. Would like to restore them to the title bar. Can I?

Asked by jagman55 1 year ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 1 year ago

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Nested E-mail just started - Help!!!!

Hi There! Can anyone please help? Been using Thunderbird for years and I've suddenly got a problem with how some Message are displayed. I have made sure "Threading" is n… (read more)

Hi There! Can anyone please help? Been using Thunderbird for years and I've suddenly got a problem with how some Message are displayed. I have made sure "Threading" is not selected as I thought that may be the cause. But it seems to be different. I'm using T/B Ver 102.2.2 (64-bit) if that helps.

From the attached, all e-mails are displaying correct date/time order. Except one or 2 aren't!!! So, the one shown was replied to by them today and yet it shows up in the correct location but with the date/time of the original message (18/11/2022) and not today 21/11/2022 when it arrived. You can also see how they appear on the "read" window rather than the usual "earliest at the bottom" flowing style it's "sectioned". You can also see an e-mail which arrived today but it displays the date/time of the original message (15/09/2022) but is positioned correctly for when it arrived today (21/11/2022). Also, not all e-mails are doing this and it has just started.

Any clues as I've spent a while Googling and searching the T/B "Help" pages but can't see the problem reported anywhere. Thanks in advance for your help! Cheers, Chris

Asked by Chris M 1 year ago

Answered by Chris M 1 year ago