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Thunderbird Menu Bar Settings

Some of my icons in the menu bar of thunderbird have disappeared. In particular, I would like the "Write" back as a tab in my toolbar, so It's only one click to send a m… (read more)

Some of my icons in the menu bar of thunderbird have disappeared. In particular, I would like the "Write" back as a tab in my toolbar, so It's only one click to send a message. I have found ways to send a message, but I have to click on my Sasktel account first, so I can select "Write a New message". I've tried several things in the Thunderbird Help section, but nothing has worked. How do I get my "Write" option back?

Asked by Rosalie Boots 5 months ago

Last reply by sfhowes 5 months ago

customizable hotkeys?

Is it ever going to be possible to customize hotkeys? I just updated to Thunderbird 115.3.1, and the update page says "Take full control by customizing the toolbar and w… (read more)

Is it ever going to be possible to customize hotkeys? I just updated to Thunderbird 115.3.1, and the update page says "Take full control by customizing the toolbar and window layout to perfectly fit your workflow." Will that extend to hotkeys? It's been a few years since you did something that disabled all hotkey modifiers, and I would love to get that functionality back. Thanks.

Asked by lisa111 5 months ago

Last reply by sfhowes 5 months ago

Changed layout.css.devPixelsPerPx to 16 and now can't get back to where it was

I've been using Thunderbird as my e-mail client for a while now - it's great. It recently (last few days (today = 5/10/23)) did an automatic upgrade. With the new versio… (read more)

I've been using Thunderbird as my e-mail client for a while now - it's great. It recently (last few days (today = 5/10/23)) did an automatic upgrade. With the new version the basic font size was smaller. So the lists of all e-mails in inbox, sent box etc etc were in a smaller font than before. I find them a bit small for reading.

I googled how to change this and found a page that said to to Settings... search for EditorConfig and then change the parameter

layout.css.devPixelsPerPx

This was set at -1.0 (note negative sign)

I tried changing it to 16.

A MISTAKE! Now everything Thunderbird related is huge! On my screen I can only see the menu items File Edit View - these now fill the whole width of the screen. Thunderbird has become unusable. I attach a screen shot of my whole screen....

I can't seem to move the window contents around so I can't get anywhere near the Settings menu item.

Because I can't see anything of any value, I cant get back to Settings to change the configuration back.

Two questions:

a) is there a way to change this setting back to -1.0 without using Thunderbird (eg my manually editing a text file or the windows registry)?

b) is this the right way to increase the basic font size used by the Thunderbird user GUI?

Regards, Roger

Asked by Roger Swann (Cigol) 5 months ago

Last reply by david 5 months ago

Reorganize message pane possible?

Hello, got auto-updated to 115.3.1 yesterday ( :-( ); and it was a pig. Slow, unreactive, loth of blank tabs - just awful. And it "updated" my profile so I couldn;'t… (read more)

Hello, got auto-updated to 115.3.1 yesterday ( :-( ); and it was a pig. Slow, unreactive, loth of blank tabs - just awful. And it "updated" my profile so I couldn;'t roll it back :-( I have used Thunderbird for many years; so was might peeved at having to do web-based Gmail again. Today, took a different view, and downloaded 119.0.b2. Used profile manager to create a new (old) profile. Seems to be better than Release channel.

But in the message pane, it's default is to display the sender on a line above the message header. Can I revert to the "old tabular" display with a column for the sender and another column for the message header? This would it make messages SO MUCH EASIER to scan through (as they were before). I can't find any such option in menus. Attached is a "new" format example, I would like the sender split in a tabular way from the message title.

Many thanks in advance.

Asked by sean.k.sprague 5 months ago

Last reply by sfhowes 5 months ago

Get back old compact and convenient interface!

Hello! An upgrade as been made and the interface is getting once more worse and worse: simply LACK OF SPACE that LEAVE NO PLACE FOR EMAILS! Thunderbird version is 115.3.… (read more)

Hello!

An upgrade as been made and the interface is getting once more worse and worse: simply LACK OF SPACE that LEAVE NO PLACE FOR EMAILS! Thunderbird version is 115.3.1

Here is a snapshot that shows: − a useless "status" bar without folder total/unread numbers, − menu bar and toolbar inverted, − a huge list of message that cannot be reduced below 8 lines; why the hell someone as added this limit that didn't exist before!? We could reduce to one line if we want or… punctually need it. − a TOTALLY useless message list header (name on folder panel, size in status bar, filter in upper toolbar − a NOT CONFIGURABLE message header, especially, impossible to choose the kind of button (text or icon, to get PLACE) in the action bar… that starts with a SPACE! Neither can we choose which buttons to move in the drop down list "plus". Actually, the message list header was used to display such actions. This would free space. − a useless empty space above the account panel; it would be much better to get back the receive All/this account button on top. − finally, the whole aim of a mail software is to… READ EMAIL… in a space as large as the private life warning banner! This is just nonsense, unacceptable. It started years ago for some of these designs, but now it is the worse I have ever seen; it makes thunderbird simply unusable. The settings panel doesn't help, with so few parameters.

The whole thing being designed for a 30" screen I would be please Thunderbird ships me and buy me, with the trolley to carry it with my laptop. As a Linux user, I am not working on full screen windows style, but reduced size to work on and access several windows at a glance. Working full screen is NOT an option. By the way, the 99% active surface of the windows makes it bloody hard to select below another one or simply… MOVE! Especially since there is no more title bar… (I just have found the ONE squared cm that allows it, with no menu bar…)

So, how can I set back old disposition or how can I set it in a pleasant and usable way? Especially these two points: − reduce the message list to less than 8 or 6, − set the message header buttons to icon OR text.

Sorry for the tone, I am really upset to see this evolution for a few years imposed to me, a user since the beginning, when it was in the Netscape suite. I am wondering what tiny laptop users think of it.

Thanks.

Asked by florent_arnould 5 months ago

Last reply by firefox50onphenom 5 months ago

How to reorder the "stacking" of Supernova toolbars in Windows 10

Hi, I just got the update to Supernova 115.1 (from 114), and it's clear you guys have been doing a lot of work. Thanks. There are two issues I can't figure out from the … (read more)

Hi, I just got the update to Supernova 115.1 (from 114), and it's clear you guys have been doing a lot of work. Thanks. There are two issues I can't figure out from the UI or the docs:

  1. The standard text-only toolbar (File...Edit...View...Go...Events and Tasks...Tools...Help) is not at the top of the toolbar stack, where it should be...instead, it's below the tab-specific toolbar. I can't seem to change the stacking order.
  2. The font vertical separation in all of the main email panes is too small, and appears to be un-adjustable. This makes the email box view and the email list view much harder to read than before. Perhaps there's a setting for this in the about:config world?

Asked by doinkdoink 5 months ago

Last reply by sfhowes 5 months ago

Add-on questions regarding search engines?

Hi; I noticed when I check trouble shooting info, That the following addons are shown Amazon.co.uk extension 1.1 true amazon@search.mozilla.org Bing extension 1.0 true b… (read more)

Hi; I noticed when I check trouble shooting info, That the following addons are shown Amazon.co.uk extension 1.1 true amazon@search.mozilla.org Bing extension 1.0 true bing@search.mozilla.org DuckDuckGo extension 1.0 true ddg@search.mozilla.org FolderFlags extension 1.6.0 true {2bc419d0-6cf3-11da-8494-000a95be0946} Google extension 1.0 true google@search.mozilla.org Wikipedia (en) extension 1.0 true wikipedia@search.mozilla.org

The only addon that shows up in extensions in settings is Folderflags. Are the Amazon, Bing, Google, Wikipedia, DuckDuckGo extensions needed? If Not how do I disable/delete them? Why are they there and not listed in Extensions?

Trying to troubleshoot issues and wondering if one of them is the issue.

TIA

Asked by newdino 5 months ago

Last reply by sfhowes 5 months ago

How do i get rid of the individual email sub toolbar and add the buttons to the main toolbar

Not sure in what version this changed but a small toolbar was added to the right inside the email itself. I want to get rid of it and add the buttons to the main toolbar.… (read more)

Not sure in what version this changed but a small toolbar was added to the right inside the email itself. I want to get rid of it and add the buttons to the main toolbar. When i customize the main toolbar i do not have delete/forward/reply/junk buttons. Again this is the toolbar after you open an email, NOT the main app toolbar (see pic)

Asked by Mario Vasquez 5 months ago

Last reply by Matt 5 months ago

how to bringing the previous layout back?

I recently noticed some changes to the appearance of Thunderbird that I didn't like: the button bar (now "Universal Toolbar" was flattened, it was moved above the menu b… (read more)

I recently noticed some changes to the appearance of Thunderbird that I didn't like: the button bar (now "Universal Toolbar" was flattened, it was moved above the menu bar, and the "quick filter" seems to occupy more space on my screen (not sure if this is actually true or just an optical illusion).

Anyway I figured out how to bring back the original appearance of the main button bar (with full sized buttons) and I followed the instructions to move the menu bar back to the top where it belongs. So I have 2 questions:

  • Might enabling the "toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets" configuration item affect the security of my system? Allowing custom style sheets may be fine, but I don't want to be enabling custom Javascript too, and am not smart enough to figure out if the one may accidentally cause the other.
  • How do I merge the 2 GUI elements ("Inbox" line and "Quick filter" toolbar) in the attached screenshot into one single line or row?

Asked by 4232jl 5 months ago

Last reply by david 2 months ago

Mail Toolbar Vanished. How Do I Get It Back?

115 installed itself today. In trying to figure out how to customize the toolbars so I'd only see what I want and need, the Mail Toolbar vanished (there's still a white s… (read more)

115 installed itself today. In trying to figure out how to customize the toolbars so I'd only see what I want and need, the Mail Toolbar vanished (there's still a white space where it had been, but selections are all gone).

How do I get the Mail Toolbar back?

Asked by K in NC 5 months ago

Last reply by Toad-Hall 5 months ago

If emails are sorted in alphabetical order, how do i Jump to a particular letter in the alphabet without scrolling to get to it

I'm converting from outlook and I'm wondering how to jump to a particular letter in the alphabet with scrolling to get to it when the emails from sorted by alphabetical o… (read more)

I'm converting from outlook and I'm wondering how to jump to a particular letter in the alphabet with scrolling to get to it when the emails from sorted by alphabetical order. In outlook you just click on the alphabet on your keyboard and it takes you right to the beginning of the emails starting with that letter. Just curious if thunderbird does this or if there is an add-on or shortcut to get there. Thanks.

Asked by kala123015 5 months ago

Last reply by sfhowes 5 months ago

Is it possible to set threads collapsed by default?

Thunderbird on my Windows 11 PC was updated to 115.3.1 (64-bit). I like my default view to sort by date and grouped by sort. Since the update, all threads default to expa… (read more)

Thunderbird on my Windows 11 PC was updated to 115.3.1 (64-bit). I like my default view to sort by date and grouped by sort. Since the update, all threads default to expanded. I can collapse the "\"; however, when I switch between email accounts, the view is expanded when I come back. Is there any way to set the view back to collapsed? Or should I restore a previous version of Thunderbird?

Thank you!

Asked by jhmcarn 5 months ago

Last reply by Hawkeye58 2 months ago

Thunderbird no longer scrolls to my unread mail

When I open the latest version of Thunderbird, 115.3.1, to read mail, the display no longer automatically scrolls to display my unread mail messages (as the previous vers… (read more)

When I open the latest version of Thunderbird, 115.3.1, to read mail, the display no longer automatically scrolls to display my unread mail messages (as the previous version did). Now I have to scroll down the mail list to get to the unread mails messages. I can't find anything in settings that lets me adjust this. How do I set mail so that all of my unread mail messages are automatically displayed?

Asked by wdponik 5 months ago

Last reply by simonc2 5 months ago

Syling of the left panel tree?

Hello everyone, Up until 115 I was able to style the left panel tree to my liking e.g folderTree > treechildren::-moz-tree-line { visibility: visible !impor… (read more)

Hello everyone,

Up until 115 I was able to style the left panel tree to my liking e.g

  1. folderTree > treechildren::-moz-tree-line { visibility: visible !important; }
  2. folderTree > treechildren::-moz-tree-cell-text { font-family: sans-serif  !important; }
  3. folderTree > treechildren::-moz-tree-twisty { list-style-image: url(file:///somepath/.thunderbird/myprofile.default/chrome/images/plus.gif) !important; padding: 0 0px !important; }
  4. folderTree > treechildren::-moz-tree-twisty(open) { list-style-image: url(file:///somepath/.thunderbird/myprofile.default/chrome/images/minus.gif) !important; padding: 0 0px !important; }
  5. folderTree > treechildren::-moz-tree-twisty(selected) { list-style-image: url(file:///somepath/.thunderbird/myprofile.default/chrome/images/plus.gif)  !important; padding: 0 0px !important; }
  6. folderTree > treechildren::-moz-tree-twisty(open,selected) { list-style-image: url(file:///somepath/.thunderbird/myprofile.default/chrome/images/minus.gif) !important; padding: 0 0px !important; }
  7. folderTree > treechildren::-moz-tree-indentation { width: -35px !important; }

Now all my customizations are lost. Anybody knows the new incantations required to make the left panel tree change appearance?

Asked by Pic 5 months ago

Last reply by sfhowes 5 months ago

Folders sidebar header menu missing

I accidentally dismissed the header menu for the Folders sidebar column in Thunderbird 115.3.1. That menu used to reside in the area just above my e-mail account name wh… (read more)

I accidentally dismissed the header menu for the Folders sidebar column in Thunderbird 115.3.1.

That menu used to reside in the area just above my e-mail account name where circled in red in the attached picture.

How do I re-enable this header menu??

Thank you...

Tony

Asked by tmarini 5 months ago

Last reply by Wisewiz 5 months ago

Updates that change look feel colours etc=VOTE

When TB programmers (PS I am not sending these idiots money) do changes to the overall look, feel, colours, toolbars, etc, WE, the users, should get a prompt POPUP that s… (read more)

When TB programmers (PS I am not sending these idiots money) do changes to the overall look, feel, colours, toolbars, etc, WE, the users, should get a prompt POPUP that show the old vs the new AND the choice if we want to change it. This is the forth time TB or FF has made some stupid horrible change that want users to downgrade immediately..... AND we the USER, are not asked.

Oh! yeah. There is that page of "changes". Can anyone whom doesn't understand computer all the well, actually understand the rubbish written on this page? Is the page actually posted to US the USERS, before the upgrade commences? NO. Change TB version 115 back to whichever version it was (looks wise) before you double blind programmers made changes. PLEASE

Asked by charles.davids.1999 5 months ago

Last reply by petejc 3 months ago

Thunderbird Email Client 115.3.1

Is it possible any longer to configure Thunderbird 115.0 to open the address book in a separate window. Meaning stand alone? Address book by itself It used to work using… (read more)

Is it possible any longer to configure Thunderbird 115.0 to open the address book in a separate window. Meaning stand alone? Address book by itself

It used to work using this method:

Navigate to the Mozilla Thunderbird folder on your computer. The default installation folder under Windows is C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\

Right-click the thunderbird.exe file and select Create Shortcut. Save it in that directory or alternatively on the desktop if restrictions prevent the saving to the same directory.

Right-click the shortcut afterwards and select Properties from the context menu. Locate the Target path in the Shortcut tab and add -addressbook at the end of it (there is a blank between the closing " and the -addressbook, the end should read thunderbird.exe -addressbook).

It brings up the Thunderbird, and puts the address book a tab. I want the address book to open stand "alone"

https://tinyurl.com/2daxwwnd

Asked by Robert 5 months ago

Last reply by Matt 5 months ago