Thunderbird 115: CSS Customization

Wisewiz · Sep 10, 2023

@Edwin

It happens to all of us: See this post when you have a min. Thunderbird 115: CSS Customization

"Oh, dang! This new TV doesn't work! ... Oh, I forgot to plug it in."

Wisewiz · Sep 10, 2023

@Edwin and @lafargeotte and others,

My TB 118.0b2 lost its voice today. I have the Incoming mail notification set to play a wav sound from Windows\Media, but it ain't playing any more. In settings, when I hit the Play button, nothing happens. Then when I hit the Browse button, nothing happens. I've checked the file, the sound system, and the speakers. AOK. So, I thought perhaps the installation had an idiosyncratic bug, so I downloaded and installed a new copy to a different folder, and put my other Profile into it and ran it. Same voiceless performance.

Anybody else getting this soundless aberration?

BTW, my other TB installation (115.2) talks to me loud and clear when a message arrives. Same exact Profile (I copied and pasted it).

Ideas? Hypotheses? Conjectures? Wild hairs?

Edwin · Sep 10, 2023

Wisewiz said:
Ideas? Hypotheses? Conjectures? Wild hairs?

I'll get back to you on that! I need a couple days to fix a boo boo!

Wisewiz · Sep 10, 2023

Oh ain’t it fun when that happens?

Good luck!

Edwin · Sep 10, 2023

Wisewiz said:
Oh ain’t it fun when that happens?

Yeah..., well, I raced through uninstalling 115 with Revo and, because I'm an idiot, I failed to stop and realize that all the Profile folders are in one AppData folder, even though I installed it on the D drive, and fwit, away they went!!!

I think I can fetch them out of the Recycle Bin though.

Wisewiz · Sep 10, 2023

Hope so. I never have that problem, on accounta my portables have their profiles in their program directories, and if there’s anything in that.AppData folder ever, I can send it directly into oblivion with no consequences. TB has no files at all on my C:\ drive. Zero. Works.

Wisewiz · Sep 10, 2023

Oh yeah, I forgot to point out that idiots never get the points for Guru-plus-one, and that’s obvious, you idiot.

Edwin · Sep 10, 2023

Edwin said:
I think I can fetch them out of the Recycle Bin though.

Got 'em!

Wisewiz · Sep 10, 2023

Yay! Good night, my friend.

eusi · Sep 11, 2023

Hi,
I want to increase the height of the email/message list items (in table view) only, but unfortunately it does not work:

Code:

table[is="tree-view-table"] tbody tr {
  line-height: 24px !important;
}

or

Code:

table.tree-table tbody tr {
  line-height: 24px !important;
}

or

Code:

#threadTree tbody tr {
  line-height: 24px !important;
}

None of them worked, any idea?

lafargeotte · Sep 11, 2023

Wisewiz said:
@Edwin and @lafargeotte and others,

My TB 118.0b2 lost its voice today. I have the Incoming mail notification set to play a wav sound from Windows\Media, but it ain't playing any more. In settings, when I hit the Play button, nothing happens. Then when I hit the Browse button, nothing happens. I've checked the file, the sound system, and the speakers. AOK. So, I thought perhaps the installation had an idiosyncratic bug, so I downloaded and installed a new copy to a different folder, and put my other Profile into it and ran it. Same voiceless performance.

Anybody else getting this soundless aberration?

BTW, my other TB installation (115.2) talks to me loud and clear when a message arrives. Same exact Profile (I copied and pasted it).

Ideas? Hypotheses? Conjectures? Wild hairs?

I don't use the sound notifications, so I would not even know how to turn them on!

das10 · Sep 11, 2023

I don't know if this is what you mean, but maybe try:

Code:

/* change heights of rows in Table view */
tr[is="thread-row"] {
    height: 24px !important;
}

eusi · Sep 11, 2023

das10 said:
I don't know if this is what you mean, but maybe try:

Code:

/* change heights of rows in Table view */ tr[is="thread-row"] { height: 24px !important; }

It looks promising, but even this has no effect in my TB 115.2.0 (64-bit) :-(

das10 · Sep 11, 2023

Have you tried changing the 24px value to a higher value? At least it appears to work in Versions 117b & 118b. Unless you have any other code in your CSS file which is over-riding this code.

eg: at a value of 8px (using Compact view) I get this:

and at a value of 36px I get:

eusi · Sep 11, 2023

das10 said:
Have you tried changing the 24px value to a higher value? At least it appears to work in Versions 117b & 118b. Unless you have any other code in your CSS file which is over-riding this code.

Thanks for testing!
I made it work, thanks to you!

In my very first line I had such namespace headline:

Code:

@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul");

Obviously this prevented some (not all!) css changes to not work. I removed this line and it is working!
Thanks again!

das10 · Sep 11, 2023

I am glad you got it working.

Wisewiz · Sep 11, 2023

Wisewiz said:
@Edwin and @lafargeotte and others,

My TB 118.0b2 lost its voice today. I have the Incoming mail notification set to play a wav sound from Windows\Media, but it ain't playing any more. In settings, when I hit the Play button, nothing happens. Then when I hit the Browse button, nothing happens. I've checked the file, the sound system, and the speakers. AOK. So, I thought perhaps the installation had an idiosyncratic bug, so I downloaded and installed a new copy to a different folder, and put my other Profile into it and ran it. Same voiceless performance.

I think there is a glitch in that profile, probably in the Config Editor, that 118 didn't like. So I wiped that installation, downloaded and "installed" a fresh copy of the Beta Portable, went through all of the five-to-ten minute process of setting everything the way I wanted it, copied my chrome folder over, copied my Local Folders email over, reset the icon colors in the folder pane, reset the colors in the Spaces Toolbar, reset the Taskbar icon to the correct (new) TBird icon, and the shortcut to the right executable, ...

and I've got my ding-dong back!

Now for those who think I'm absolutely nuts to go through all that just to get a doorbell noise back in a beta program that probably has other glitches I haven't yet found, ...

take a hike! I'm a retired old man and a dedicated "computer enthusiast," and this kind of thing is my principal hobby and my daily exercise (of the enjoyable kind). It's satisfying and fun to find a fix for even the most minor of details. So there. :winkt:

(And don't even think about playing around with the term ding-dong!)

Wisewiz · Sep 12, 2023

@das10 and @Edwin and others here,

Yesterday, I posted a new thread about my three TB installations misbehaving (two 115s and one 118):

Thunderbird To: blank doesn't show cursor

When I open the Write (Compose) window to compose a new message, when I click in the TO: blank, there's no cursor, and I can't type in a name and address there. If I type a letter that's in an addresses/contacts entry, a drop-down appears and lets me choose the recipient, but that means in order...

www.elevenforum.com

Today, just now, I tried running each without the chrome folder, and all three behaved: the instant I opened a new write window, the cursor in the TO: blank blinked at me, ready to be typed into.

Anyway, it seems to be something in the userChrome rules that's interfering with the Write window.

Can you think of anything in the CSS files that would bust the TO: blank on both versions of TB? They're both running identical chrome folders, but the profiles are slightly different overall, because I reconfigured the 118 from scratch to build a new profile. The two 115 profiles are identical.

PS: both versions updated this morning painlessly, even though they're both (all three, actually) portables.

das10 · Sep 12, 2023

Wisewiz; which Thunderbird theme are you using (Light, System or Dark) ? I notice a blank cursor in the Write "To" box only if I use the "System" theme. It is to do with the backgrounds set in the Write Window. Try this to see if it make any difference:

Code:

/* folders list HOVER color */
/* can change the background-color value to ay particular value */
#folderTree li > .container:hover {
  background-color: #0D4D92    !important;
  color:            white    !important;
}

/* folder selected color - make sure icons and twisty dont get washed out */
#folderTree li.selected  > .container {
  background-color: #29116e  !important;
  color:            white    !important;
  stroke:           transparent !important;   
}

/* folders list background - this is for the folder tree  */
#folderPane {
   background-color: #336699 !important;
   color:            white         !important;
}

/* Message Pane - Hover Message background/foreground-color */
tr:hover {
    background-color: #4080BF  !important;
  color:            white !important;
}

/* Message Pane - Selected Message background/foreground-color */
tr.selected {
  background-color: #29116e  !important;
  color: white !important;
}
          /* To make icons in selected message stand out, use this */
          /* [is="tree-view-table-body"] > .selected button >* {stroke: white !important;} */
          
#unifiedToolbar {
  height:  min-content  !important;
  padding-block:   1px  !important;
  margin-block:    0px  !important;
  background:  #29116e  !important;
  color:         white  !important;
}

toolbar#toolbar-menubar {
  Order:            -1 !important;
  background-color: #336699 !important;  /* Color of menu bar */
  color:            white   !important;  /* Color of the text - if needed */
  height:           24px    !important;
  padding-top:      0px     !important;
  padding-bottom:   0px     !important;
  margin:           0px     !important;
}

table[is="tree-view-table"] td {
 border-bottom: solid 1px black !important;
}

toolbar#tabs-toolbar {
 background-color: #336699 !important;
 color:            white   !important;
 height:           fit-content !important;
 max-height:       24px    !important;     
 padding-top:      2px     !important;
 padding-bottom:   3px     !important;
 align-items:      center  !important; 
}

/* Whole Header Box with From & To Subject Cc etc. b-ground & text */
#MsgHeadersToolbar {
  background-color: #336699     !important;
  height:           min-content !important;
  color:            White       !important;
  padding-block:    0px         !important;
}

/* The To: email addresses */
#MsgHeadersToolbar .address-pill  {
  background-color: #336699 !important;
  color:            White   !important;
  height:           23px    !important;
}
/* The To: address "input" box (ie with cursor) */
#MsgHeadersToolbar .recipients-container input {
  border-radius:    3px     !important;
  color:            white   !important;
  background-color: #336699 !important;
  padding-inline:   2px     !important;
}
/* The To: address "container"  */
#MsgHeadersToolbar .recipients-container .address-container  { 
  background-color: white !important;
  border-color:     white    !important;
  border-width:     0px      !important;
  border-radius:    2px      !important;
  padding-left:     2px      !important;
  padding-right:    1px      !important;
  }

/* The From: address box */
#msgIdentity {
  background-color: #336699   !important;
  color:            White     !important;
  border-color:     White       !important;
  border:           2px  solid !important;
  }

/* Contacts - Side panel */
#abContactsPanel,
#contactsSidebar .sidebar-header {
  background-color: #336699 !important; 
  color:            white !important;
}

/* The whole of From To Subject Cc etc  toolbar */
#compose-toolbox toolbar {
  background-color: #29116e      !important;
  height:           min-content  !important;
  padding-block:    0px          !important;
  margin-block:     0px          !important;
  color:            white        !important;
}

/*               to do                   */
#compose-toolbox menubar menu {
  color: lightgray !important;
}

#compose-toolbox menubar menu:hover {
  background-color: #336699    !important;
  color:            lightgray  !important; 
}

/* Format toolbar */
#FormatToolbox,
#FormatToolbar > menulist  {
  background-color: #29116e !important;
  color:            white   !important;
}

Wisewiz · Sep 12, 2023

@das10:

I'm using System. I'll try your revised userChrome right away, and be back soon. Thank you, as always.

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