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Trouble changing color of text while composing a Mail in Thunderbird 140.2esr on Ubuntu 24.04

Georg von Köller
Georg von Köller
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I can´t change the color of a Message I am composing in Thunderbird 140.2esr, on Ubuntu 24.04. Using the tools to pick up color, as well as the Format (menu), does not change the color of the selected text to the selected color. How may I repair that.

I can´t change the color of a Message I am composing in Thunderbird 140.2esr, on Ubuntu 24.04. Using the tools to pick up color, as well as the Format (menu), does not change the color of the selected text to the selected color. How may I repair that.

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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This is a new issue, especially with OS X, so you might try the fix and see if it works (requires changing a single preference).

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1535478

Nipun Trivedi
Nipun Trivedi
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Hi, You may please try he following

Settings-->General-->Config Editor... This will land you on "Advanced Preferences" tab within Thunderbird. In the search bar type "color" It will show you all the modifiable entries which has "color" as keyword Select "browser.display.document_color_use" Change its value to '1' from 0. Close the "Advanced Preferences" Tab. Restart TB for changes to take effect. Compose a new mail and test whether the changes have come into effect or not.

I hope this works for you, since it worked for me. I am using TB 140.4.Oesr(64 Bit) in Ubuntu 25.0

Modified by Nipun Trivedi

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