TBird 60 + Themes + Headers

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gomez789
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TBird 60 + Themes + Headers

Post by gomez789 »

I just installed ver. 60.3.0. It would be nice if themes would also affect the column header row to distinguish it from the email listing below it. For example, it would be nice if header titles like FROM, SUBJECT, RECIPIENT, DATE, etc. were a different shade to distinguish this header row from the actual email info below it. I'm talking about distinguishing these header titles much the same as the LOCAL FOLDERS title which is by default in bold text to differentiate it from it's subfolders. Why don't themes affect column header rows?
I tried about 6 new themes and they only affect the top very top Bars of TBird.
I can learn to live with what exists, but I think the addition of this distinguishing graphic would be a bonus!
Am I missing an existing way to do this? Cheers!
morat
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Re: TBird 60 + Themes + Headers

Post by morat »

Try this:

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/* Thunderbird userChrome.css */

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

#threadCols > treecol {
  background-color: gainsboro !important;
  border-color: gainsboro !important;
}

#expandedHeaderView {
  background-color: gainsboro !important;
}
http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserChrome.css
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tanstaafl
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Re: TBird 60 + Themes + Headers

Post by tanstaafl »

I tried that with 60.3.0 under Windows 10 with the default theme and it appeared to only change Tags to purple. Subject, From etc. remain black. I disabled the CustomizeMyBird add-on, restarted and saw the same thing. https://www.color-hex.com/color-names.html displays gainsboro as a light grey.

I also experimented with replacing gainsboro with aquamarine2 and saw no difference. I had modified an existing userChrome.css file that I use just to change the font/size for panes and menus per http://kb.mozillazine.org/Pane_and_menu_fonts . Setting the font/size still works as expected. What am I doing wrong?
morat
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Re: TBird 60 + Themes + Headers

Post by morat »

How about...

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#subjectCol {
  background-color: orange !important;
}
More ids: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... &t=2435681

Also try the solution by Bozz in the above thread.
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