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AccentColor in Thunderbird 102.10.1 for Custom CSS

emanon1138
emanon1138
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I am trying to get TB (102.10.1) to use my system colors for

  1. navigation-toolbox-background {background: AccentColor !important;}

I've used AccentColor in Firefox for...

  1. TabsToolbar, #navigator-toolbox, #tabs-newtab-button, #titlebar toolbarbutton:not(:hover):not(:active), #scrollbutton-up:not(:hover):not(:active), #scrollbutton-down:not(:hover):not(:active), .titlebar-color { 
   background: AccentColor !important;
   color: AccentColorText;
   fill: AccentColorText !important;

}

...but I'm doing something wrong in TB. Please let me know the proper usage for TB. Thank you for taking a look at this.

I am trying to get TB (102.10.1) to use my system colors for #navigation-toolbox-background {background: AccentColor !important;} I've used AccentColor in Firefox for... #TabsToolbar, #navigator-toolbox, #tabs-newtab-button, #titlebar toolbarbutton:not(:hover):not(:active), #scrollbutton-up:not(:hover):not(:active), #scrollbutton-down:not(:hover):not(:active), .titlebar-color { background: AccentColor !important; color: AccentColorText; fill: AccentColorText !important; } ...but I'm doing something wrong in TB. Please let me know the proper usage for TB. Thank you for taking a look at this.

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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Try this to apply the accent colour to the Unified and Menu Bars, and the tab bar (see picture): 

#navigation-toolbox {background-color: AccentColor !important;}


The automatic application of the accent colour to the bars was removed in TB 128.2.2.

If the Menu Bar is enabled, you might need to make it more visible: 

/*  Menu Bar colours  */
menubar > menu:hover {
     background-color: orange !important;
     color: black !important;
     font-weight: normal !important;
}

menubar > menu {
     color: white !important;
     font-weight: normal !important;
}


Edit: Realizing you are on 102, I tested the code and it still works, but the accent colour is already applied to the toolbars with the TB system theme. The accent colour is set in Windows Settings, and can be automatic or manual.

Modified by sfhowes

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emanon1138
emanon1138 Question owner
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Thank you sfhowes for your help. It looks like my problem is I'm using a Portable version so it's not using the Windows colors as default. I installed it on another PC and it is using the Windows colors without any CSS as you pointed out. Is there a work around for Portable installs to get it to use system colors like an "normal" install would?

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