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Hi all,

I tried to change the appearance of thunderbird using a userChrome.css file.

• I am sure it is located in the correct profile folder and has the correct name userChrome.css
• The userChrome.css file is also visible in the style editor of the development tools and displays the correct contents if I edit the file.
• I am sure that the toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets is set to true
• I restarted tb millions of times

The contents of my userChrome.css file are currently (but I also played with different content):

/* Change background color for read messages */ treechildren::-moz-tree-row(read) {

   background-color: #f1f715 !important;  
   color: #6564cf !important; 

}

In the style editor, if i try to change the color code in one of the lines, it gives the following error messages:

Error while calling actor 'stylesheets's method 'update' document is null Actor.js:103:13

   writeError resource://devtools/shared/protocol/Actor.js:103
   handler resource://devtools/shared/protocol/Actor.js:242

InvisibleToDebugger: TypeError { } Actor.js:110:15

   writeError resource://devtools/shared/protocol/Actor.js:110
   handler resource://devtools/shared/protocol/Actor.js:242

I am running thunderbird 128.3.1esr (64-bit) on mac sonoma 14.6.1 (23G93)

Does anybody know how to get the style sheet running?

Thanks, ulrike

I have Windows 11 and have a yellow on black theme. In Thunderbird I have the Dark theme.

The Folders in the folder pane are white. However, the messages in the message list pane are yellow.

What code can I put in the userChrome.css to make them white?

The 'Message Header' is the area above where the message content of an opened email is displayed. It typically contains a set of buttons - Reply, Forward, Archive, Junk, Delete and More It shows From, To, Subject and Date It may show other information depending upon settings and type of email.

Do you find the spacing between eg: the 'From' line and the 'TO' line is too much? Do you want to reduce this gap? If yes, then the following information may solve your problem.

I was upgraded to TB 115 when I had to get a new computer. I have become quite used to using userchrome to highly personalise my TB, mainly to restore previous features.

However, somehow, in making the "Write" screen the way I like it, I have shrunk the section of the Contacts Sidebar which contains the actual addresses/contacts, down to the point where only one contact is visible. There is a scroll bar so I can see the other addresses are there. It is just that the bottom border of that box has elevated itself and there is a mass of blank space below.

I am sure I have caused it with some code, however everything I have tried to adjust only works on the heading part of the Contacts Sidebar, not the panel with the addresses. I have searched the net to find out what that panel is officially called, without success.

Could a helpful person tell me the "official" name (to use in the css) of that panel so that I can fix it? Or even write me a little code to make that box go back to default?

Just for context, the reason I was fiddling with it was because the panel is excessively spaced, and I was trying to compact the contacts together.

Thanks Fiona

Have you discovered that you cannot raise the 'Message Pane' as far upwards as in previous versions? This is because the developers have increased the minimum height of the Thread Pane otherwise known as 'Message List'.

Hi, In TB 102 the menu toolbar was still above the button toolbar, if I am not mistaken. In TB 115 this seems to have changed... I could not find a way to customize it back as it was. Pointers anyone ? Thank you.

Hi,

after updating to new Thunderbird 115.0 menu bar appeared below tool bar and I couldn't find a way how to put it above as in previous versions. Please see attached image. Any idea?

Thank you.