Thunderbird 78.5.1 (32-bit) Interface, icons and text size
Hi everybody,
I was just w riting to ask as I can only seem to increase the font of the e-mail written text, but really the interface size is absolutely ridiculously small and is there any way I can enlarge this (without reducing the resolution of my monitor which is not really a solutuion)
Not everyone has the best eyesight for this kind of thng and I find thunderbird the best mail and calander client but at least on windows or in browser-mail I can CTRL+ to zoom in and read, it's at the stage where I might have to use the windows magnifying tool just to see t hings like "inbox" "spam" and my list of emails' titles.
Please tell me there exists an option to make all this larger like interface size, I mean come on almost every modern software has an option bar slider to increase these things
Cheers
Выбранное решение
Thunderbird does have a preference setting to change pixel ratio.
- Menu app icon > Options > General
- Scroll down to the very bottom
- click on 'Config Editor' button to open 'about:config'
It will say be careful :)
- In search type: pixels
- Look for this line: layout.css.devPixelsPerPx
- Double left click on that line to open the 'Enter string Value' box so you can edit the Value.
The default value will be -1.0
- Enter a new number eg: 1.25 or 1.5 or 2.0 or 2.2
- click on OK
The effect is immediate, so you can modify that number until it looks ok for you. Please note the default is a negative number, but you need to remove it entirely and retype, so not creating a negative number. Image below as guide.
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Hello all I found this solution verry helpful thought a suggestion (if anyone from mozilla ever reads this is to just add a bloody slider-bar)
https://support.cdn.mozilla.net/en-US/questions/1297871
hope it helps anyone in the future as it's really quite cryptic way of doing such a basic function.
Выбранное решение
Thunderbird does have a preference setting to change pixel ratio.
- Menu app icon > Options > General
- Scroll down to the very bottom
- click on 'Config Editor' button to open 'about:config'
It will say be careful :)
- In search type: pixels
- Look for this line: layout.css.devPixelsPerPx
- Double left click on that line to open the 'Enter string Value' box so you can edit the Value.
The default value will be -1.0
- Enter a new number eg: 1.25 or 1.5 or 2.0 or 2.2
- click on OK
The effect is immediate, so you can modify that number until it looks ok for you. Please note the default is a negative number, but you need to remove it entirely and retype, so not creating a negative number. Image below as guide.
Toad-Hall said
Thunderbird does have a preference setting to change pixel ratio.It will say be careful :)
- Menu app icon > Options > General
- Scroll down to the very bottom
- click on 'Config Editor' button to open 'about:config'
The default value will be -1.0
- In search type: pixels
- Look for this line: layout.css.devPixelsPerPx
- Double left click on that line to open the 'Enter string Value' box so you can edit the Value.
The effect is immediate, so you can modify that number until it looks ok for you. Please note the default is a negative number, but you need to remove it entirely and retype, so not creating a negative number. Image below as guide.
- Enter a new number eg: 1.25 or 1.5 or 2.0 or 2.2
- click on OK
Sorry I meant to write HELPFUL thumbs up dont know how to change it!!+
iains92 said
Sorry I meant to write HELPFUL thumbs up dont know how to change it!!+
Just click the thumbs up arrow.
But really this is not the location for discussion on the user interface. There is a special list run by the developers of user interface discussions. Perhaps you could put your views on a needed interface forward there. I have wasted years trying to get them to listen.
On MacOS instead of "Menu app icon > Options > General" you must visit Preferences under the Thunderbird menu or hit Command-comma. If you have Thunderbird 68 The 'Config Editor' button is not under General but it is in the Advanced area at the bottom. Thunderbird 78 has it under General.
I followed the istructions exactly changed it to -01.25 and it made no difference to the font size in the IN Box - I then closed and reopened Thunderbird - What now please.
I am disappointed - I want to be able to use thunderbird without spectacles.
it seems a far too complicated process for an IT dummy like me - beware here be dragons - I had to get past!
Andrew S Hatton said
I followed the istructions exactly changed it to -01.25 and it made no difference to the font size in the IN Box - I then closed and reopened Thunderbird - What now please. I am disappointed - I want to be able to use thunderbird without spectacles. it seems a far too complicated process for an IT dummy like me - beware here be dragons - I had to get past!
re :I followed the istructions exactly changed it to -01.25 You followed the instructions very well, but failed to follow them when entering the value. The default is a negative number -0.1
The instructions said to change it to eg: 1.25 which is a positive number and the decimal point is after the number 1. The instructions did not say to use a negative number : -01.25 Nor did they say to put a 0 before the number 1.
I suggest you have another go and this time clear all the current entered value and retype to use this 1.25 or 1.5
Excellent - thank you vewry much - I still wish it were easier - but I will see how I get along with 1.25 - initially it seems a bit big - maybe next I will try 1.125