Thunderbird 102.0 forces folder icons to color

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Brian3579
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Thunderbird 102.0 forces folder icons to color

Post by Brian3579 »

After yesterdays Thunderbird 102.0 update all the folder icons changed from monochrome to color.

I find this distracting and would like to remove the icon colors. I have no add-ons. Can't find a Thunderbird option to remove icon colors.

Any assistance appreciated.
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tanstaafl
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Re: Thunderbird 102.0 forces folder icons to color

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The phoenity icons and buttons add-ons at https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/th ... ns/?src=ss and https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/th ... y-buttons/ uses color, so you wouldn't like that.

You could use use a CSS script (the optional userChrome.css file) to change the icons. See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1305856 and https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunderbird/co ... old_icons/ for a starting point . https://gitlab.com/tbdevau/thunderbird-customization/ has icons you won't like (they're colored) but has a userChrome.css file you could modify and some useful links. Don't forget to set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets true using the config editor.
morat
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Re: Thunderbird 102.0 forces folder icons to color

Post by morat »

Try this:

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/* Thunderbird userChrome.css */

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

#folderTree > treechildren::-moz-tree-image(folderNameCol) {
  fill: color-mix(in srgb, gray 20%, transparent) !important;
  stroke: gray !important;
}
#folderTree > treechildren::-moz-tree-image(folderNameCol, selected, focus) {
  fill: color-mix(in srgb, white 20%, transparent) !important;
  stroke: white !important;
}
Reference
http://searchfox.org/comm-esr102/source ... erPane.css

CSS color-mix
http://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/C ... /color-mix
greybeard2012
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Re: Thunderbird 102.0 forces folder icons to color

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I'm getting used to the new coloured icons but I question the decision to change from the amber Inbox Junk message icon to red and, oddly, the side menu Junk folder icon to pink with a red outline.

Stuff listed as Junk might not be unwanted and red suggest danger rather than caution but why the difference between the menu folder and the message icons?

Better both are the same and the same colour IMHO: amber.
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Re: Thunderbird 102.0 forces folder icons to color

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"the side menu Junk folder icon to pink with a red outline"

I have only one Junk folder in an account. None of my folders have a pink icon. I don't understand what side menu you are talking about. Please explain how you select it (where is it).

I've looked in tools -> account settings, tools -> settings, the context menus for both a message and a folder, and the message toolbar to the right of the headers when you read a message.

See https://blog.thunderbird.net/2022/06/th ... unication/ for what the icons are supposed to be.
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tanstaafl wrote:"the side menu Junk folder icon to pink with a red outline"

I have only one Junk folder in an account. None of my folders have a pink icon. I don't understand what side menu you are talking about. Please explain how you select it (where is it).

I've looked in tools -> account settings, tools -> settings, the context menus for both a message and a folder, and the message toolbar to the right of the headers when you read a message.

See https://blog.thunderbird.net/2022/06/th ... unication/ for what the icons are supposed to be.
I'm seeing the pink icon with the red outline in my folder pane.
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Re: Thunderbird 102.0 forces folder icons to color

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I suggest you install the FolderFlags add-on and use it to see what flags are set for that folder. Perhaps the folder has multiple flags set and it mixes the colors like you see with tags.

I don't have any pink icons in the folder pane. Blue (inbox), purple (drafts), green (sent), red (junk), teal (saved search), light tan (ordinary folders) and brown (templates and All Mail), but not pink.
greybeard2012
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Re: Thunderbird 102.0 forces folder icons to color

Post by greybeard2012 »

Gone Postal wrote:
tanstaafl wrote:"the side menu Junk folder icon to pink with a red outline"

I have only one Junk folder in an account. None of my folders have a pink icon. I don't understand what side menu you are talking about. Please explain how you select it (where is it).

I've looked in tools -> account settings, tools -> settings, the context menus for both a message and a folder, and the message toolbar to the right of the headers when you read a message.

See https://blog.thunderbird.net/2022/06/th ... unication/ for what the icons are supposed to be.
I'm seeing the pink icon with the red outline in my folder pane.
Exactly, that link shows the new 'folder' menu icons when using the dark or default themes. The pink with red outline icon is used for all spam and junk folders. I have main account junk and spam folders and a 'Local' junk folder too all sporting the new pink with red outline icons.

My Thunderbird is set up only to ID suspected junk messages in the Inbox so I can manually delete them or mark them as not junk rather than have them sent to the spam/junk folders direct by default.

Previously the Inbox junk ID icon was amber, the same as that used for the folders but now its solid primary red.

Wouldn't it make sense if, as prior to this update, they both used the same icon for spam/junk? As said, this should amber, a universal (?) colour for caution rather than an over dramatic red, more synonymous with something dangerous.
franckB
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Re: Thunderbird 102.0 forces folder icons to color

Post by franckB »

Hello
having installed version 102, I do not understand why it would be necessary to tweak to modify the color of the icons of the mail folders

Indeed, just like the previous version (91) we can change the color of each folder (a bit painful to do it for each account)
Right click on folder > Properties > Icon color
That said, version 102 has this function but it doesn't work! Why ?

In my opinion, the colors introduced are not in good taste; the previous default color is sober and preferable.

It remains for the development team to fix the color change bug on the mail folder icons

Also it would be useful to introduce an icon color preference option for all accounts... keeping the possibility to modify for each folder
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Re: Thunderbird 102.0 forces folder icons to color

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In 91 properties only allowed you to change the color of the outline of the icon, which reduced its effectiveness. In 102 you still don't have solid colored icons, but setting the folders color now colors the interior of the icon too. If it doesn't work for you it might be due to a optional userChrome.css file or an add-on.

Unfortunately the Account Colors add-on doesn't support version 78 and later. What we really need is support for complete themes again, but that won't occur until Firefox developers decide to implement it for the WebExtensions API
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